Ronald R. Tuttle - Plantation FL Ross Dixon - Boca Raton FL Maciej M. Smulkowski - Gainesville FL
Assignee:
Ivax Laboratories, Inc. - Miami FL
International Classification:
A61K 3170 C07H 1524
US Classification:
514 27
Abstract:
Intestine-specific delivery of an opioid antagonist can be accomplished without substantial central nervous system effects by administering the antagonist orally in the form of the glucuronide derivative.
A method of orally treating a child having a tendency to be overactive to the extent of requiring an external control which comprises orally administering to said child a pharmaceutically effective amount of (-)-17-(cyclopropylmethyl)-4,5-alpha-epoxy-3,14-dihydroxymorpinan-6-one to said patient, whereby the attention span of the child lengthened. An oral sustained release dosage unit containing (-)-17-(cyclopropylmethyl)-4,5-alpha-epoxy-3,14-dihydroxymorpinan-6-one is disclosed also.
A method for increasing cardiac contractility in a warm-blooded animal suffering from acutely depressed cardiac contractility which comprises administering to said animal an effective amount of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or isobutyrate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.
Cardiac contractility agents are provided which are 3,4-di-isobutyryloxy-N-�3-(4-isobutyryloxyphenyl)-1-methyl-n-propyl!-beta- phenethylamine, preferably orally deliverable forms which are cyclodextrin complexes.
Cardiac contractility agents are provided which are 3,4-dihydroxy-N-[3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methyl-n-propyl]-beta-phenethylamin e cyclodextrin complexes.
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