ORALLY ADMINSTERABLE DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENTOF CENTRAL DOPAMINE DEFICIENCY CONDITIONS

摘要

PCT No. PCT/DE92/00043 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 24, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 24, 1993 PCT Filed Jan. 23, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO92/12710 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 1992.A drug formulation administrable by mouth for the treatment of central dopamine deficiency condition, said formulation comprising 100 to 250 parts by weight of levodopa, 10 to 25 parts by weight of carbidopa, a polymer mixture in an amount of 10 to 200% based on said drugs, said polymer mixture consisting of: 0 to 100 parts by weight of a completely saponified polyvinyl alcohol having 0 to 3% residual acetyl content, a mean molecular weight of 60,000 to 80,000 and a total surface area of 0.1 m2/g to 0.18 m2/g, and 0 to 100 parts weight of a partially saponified polyvinyl alcohol having 10 to 18% residual acetyl content, a mean molecular weight of 80,000, a total surface area of 0.5 m2/g to 0.69 m2/g, and a specific pore volume of 0.2 cm3/g to 0.36 cm3/g, and an effective amount of customary galenic adjuvants.