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Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

2003

Antagonist

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Transdemal Delivery Of Opioid Antagonist Prodrugs, Audra L. Stinchcomb, Peter W. Swaan May 2003

Transdemal Delivery Of Opioid Antagonist Prodrugs, Audra L. Stinchcomb, Peter W. Swaan

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

A composition, a method and an apparatus for transdermally delivering an effective amount of opioid antagonists derived from prodrugs for treatment of eating disorders, narcotic dependence and alcoholism. In addition, the present invention relates to a composition, a method and an apparatus for transdermally delivering an effective amount of an opioid and opioid antagonist derived from an opioid agonist and one of an opioid antagonist and a prodrug for treatment of pain.