Patent ID: 8062672

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 a delayed release dosage form, said second and third antibiotic dosage forms being delayed sustained release dosage forms, wherein said second dosage form comprises immediate release component beads coated with a sustained release coating and a delayed release coating or sustained release matrix component beads coated with a delayed release coating and initiates release of antibiotic at about the same time as said first dosage form initiates release of antibiotic or wherein said second dosage form initiates release of antibiotic after said first dosage form initiates release of antibiotic, and wherein said third dosage form comprises immediate release component beads coated with a sustained release coating and a delayed release coating or sustained release matrix component beads coated with a delayed release coating and 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 initial release of antibiotic and said once-a-day antibiotic product contains the total dosage of the at least one antibiotic for a twenty-four hour period.