Patent 4582835 Issued on April 15, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date: December 5, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
A method of treating pain which comprises the administration to a patient of a parenterally or sublingually effective dose of buprenorphine together with an amount of naloxone sufficient to prevent substitution in an opiate dependent subject. Preferably when the administration is parenteral the weights of naloxone and buprenorphine are within the ratio of 1:3 to 1:1 and when administered sublingually the weights are within the ratio of 1:2 to 2:1.