Corticosteroid formulation comprising less than 2.5 mg prednisolone for once daily administration

• Main Authors: HAZEL JUDITH BARDSLEY, ROBIN MARK BANNISTER, JULIAN CLIVE GILBERT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.04.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; STEROIDS

A unit dose formulation comprises less than 2.5 mg of prednisolone or an equivalent, equipotent amount of another corticosteroid. Once daily administration of the unit dose formulation between midnight and 6 a.m. for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.