摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/SE94/00917 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 26, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 26, 1996 PCT Filed Oct. 3, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/12399 PCT Pub. Date May 11, 1995A powdery pharmaceutical composition comprising nicotine or a derivative thereof and starch microspheres. The starch microspheres are preferably degradable epichlorhydrin cross-linked starch microspheres. The average diameter of the microspheres is from around 1 mu m to around 200 mu m, preferably around 45 mu m. The invention also encompasses a method for manufacturing a powdery pharmaceutical composition comprising nicotine and starch microspheres. The invention further comprises a method of diminishing the desire of a subject to use tobacco which comprises the step of administering to the subject the above powdery pharmaceutical composition. |