Patent ID: 8425936

Claim:
A once-a-day antibiotic product comprising: first, second, and third antibiotic dosage forms, each of said antibiotic dosage forms comprising at least one antibiotic and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, said first antibiotic dosage form being an immediate release dosage form, said second and third antibiotic dosage forms being sustained release dosage forms, wherein the antibiotic released from the first dosage form reaches a Cmax within from about 0.5 hours to about 2 hours after administration of the product, wherein said second dosage form initiates release of antibiotic at about the same time as said first dosage form initiates release of antibiotic, and wherein said third dosage form initiates release of antibiotic after said second dosage form initiates release of antibiotic, and Cmax of the total antibiotic released from said antibiotic product is achieved in less than about 12 hours from administration and said once-a-day antibiotic product contains the total dosage of the at least one antibiotic for a twenty-four hour period, wherein the product is an oral dosage form, wherein the antibiotic released from the second dosage form reaches a Cmax after Cmax is reached for the antibiotic released from the first dosage form, and wherein the first dosage form contains about 20-70% of the total dosage of antibiotic, the second dosage form contains about 10-70% of the total dosage of antibiotic, and the third dosage form contains about 10-70% of the total dosage of antibiotic.