Patent ID: 8157788

Claim:
A pharmaceutical composition for administration to a patient body, comprising: a physiologically acceptable formulation including at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient; wherein said physiologically-acceptable formulation including said at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient is provided as a single solid delivery form suitable for administration to a patient body through a plurality of administration routes, including at least an oral administration route and a rectal administration route, without alteration of said physiologically acceptable formulation; wherein said single solid delivery form further comprises a dose delivery feature that allows said single solid delivery form to be adapted from delivery through one of said oral administration route and said rectal administration route to delivery through the other of said oral administration route and said rectal administration route; and wherein the dose delivery feature is adapted to result in absorption of substantially the same amount of said active pharmaceutical ingredient when the delivery form is administered through the oral administration route as when the delivery form is administered through the rectal administration route.