Details for Patent: 8,133,881
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Title: | Carbohydrate conjugates to prevent abuse of controlled substances |
Abstract: | The invention provides a "street-safe" version of a controlled substance that permits the therapeutically beneficial effects of the substance while reducing or eliminating the euphoric effects that lead to substance abuse. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a controlled substance and a carbohydrate covalently bound to said controlled substance in a manner that renders said controlled substance pharmacologically inactive or substantially diminishes its activity and methods of using the same. |
Inventor(s): | Mickle; Travis (Coralville, IA), Piccariello; Thomas (Blacksburg, VA), Moncrief; James Scott (Christiansburg, VA), Boerth; Nancy Johnston (Blacksburg, VA), Bishop; Barney (Annandale, VA) |
Assignee: | Shire LLC (Florence, KY) |
Filing Date: | Jul 13, 2005 |
Application Number: | 11/179,801 |
Claims: | 1. An oral pharmaceutical composition comprising: hydrocodone; and a disaccharide covalently bound to the hydrocodone via an ester or carbonate bond through a hydroxyl group of the disaccharide and an oxygen atom in the hydrocodone in a manner that renders the hydrocodone pharmacologically inactive or substantially diminishes its activity until unbound hydrocodone is released. 2. An oral pharmaceutical composition comprising a disaccharide covalently bound to hydrocodone via an ester or carbonate group through a hydroxyl group of the disaccharide and an oxygen atom in the hydrocodone in a manner that renders the hydrocodone pharmacologically inactive or substantially diminishes its activity until the unbound hydrocodone is released, wherein the hydrocodone covalently bound to the carbohydrate has the formula: ##STR00012## 3. A compound of the formula: ##STR00013## |