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`A film dosage form for trans-mucosal medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction,
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`the film dosage form comprising:
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`a) an amount of buprenorphine, or an equivalent amount of a pharmaceutically
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`acceptable salt thereof, sufficient to provide an average buprenorphine Cmax of less than
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`about 7 ng/mland an average buprenorphine AUCo4of less than 40 (hrs*ng)/ml;
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`b) naloxone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and
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`c) at
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`least one non-gelatin polymeric film-forming material
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`in which the
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`buprenorphine or the equivalent amount of the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof
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`and the naloxone or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt
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`thereof, are dissolved or
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`homogeneously dispersed;
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`the buprenorphine or the equivalent amount of the pharmaceutically acceptable
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`salt thereof and the naloxone or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt
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`thereof being
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`present in the film dosage form in a weightratio of from 1:1 to 10:1;
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`wherein, the film dosage form releases substantially all of the buprenorphine or
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`the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and approximately substantially all of the
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`naloxone or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof into contact with a mucosal
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`surface of the oral cavity within less than 5 minutes after contacting the mucosalsurface.
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`‘Lhe film dosage form of claim 1, wherein the film dosage form further comprises a pH
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`modifier.
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`The film dosage form of claim 2, wherein the pH modifier is selected from the group
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`consisting of citric acid,
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`tartaric acid, phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid, and maleic
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`acid.
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`The film dosage form of claim 1, wherein the film dosage form is mucoadhesive.
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`The film dosage form of claim 1, wherein the non-gelatin polymeric film-forming
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`material is a modified cellulose material.
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`The film dosage form of claim 5, wherein the modified cellulose material is a cellulose
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`ether.
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`The film dosage form of claim 6, wherein the cellulose ether is selected from the group
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`consisting of hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC), hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC),
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`hydroxyethylmethylcellulose (HEMC), hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC), methylcellulose
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`(MC), and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC).
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`The film dosage form of claim 1, wherein the amount of buprenorphine is from 2 mg to
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`16 mg.
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`Thefilm dosage form of claim 8, wherein the amount of buprenorphine is 2 mg, 4 mg, 8
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`mg, or 16 mg.
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`Thefilm dosage form of claim 1, wherein the weightratio is 2:1 to 8:1.
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`The film dosage form of claim 1, wherein the film dosage form further comprisesat least
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`one of sodium dihydrogen or disodiumhydrogen phosphate, sodium tartrate, sodium
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`ascorbate, citric acid, tartartic acid, adipinic acid, ascorbic acid,acetic acid, orlactic acid.
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`The film dosage form of claim 1, wherein the film dosage form exhibits a tmax from
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`approximately 45 to approximately 90 minutes.
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`The film dosage form of claim 1, further comprising a flavoring agent.
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`The film dosage form of claim 13, wherein the flavoring agent is selected from the group
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`consisting of mint, raspberry, licorice, orange, lemon, grapefruit, caramel, vanilla, cherry,
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`grape, and combinationsthereof.
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