IMPROVED MEDICINAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BUPRENORPHINE AND NALOXONE.

摘要

There is provided a composition for the treatment of pain in human patients wherein said composition comprises buprenorphine to naloxone in a ratio by weight of from 2.1:1 to 8:1, the amount of buprenorphine and naloxone being suitable to provide analgesia, the composition being in a transdermal or transmucosal dosage form. Also provided are an associated method and use.