Opiates, amphetamines, barbiturates and other drugs such as benzodiazepines are extensively abused or misused and are frequently the cause of death by overdosing. These drugs are also prone to oxidation and the final degradation products depend on the reactants and the reaction conditions. This invention describes the use of inactivating agents such as permanganates, peroxides, persulfates, bismuthates, periodates or other oxidants in a dosage form as an approach to minimize abuse and overdose. The product is designed such that the inactivating agent is released if there is an attempt to extract the drug from the formulation or in cases of overdose. Once released, the inactivating agent quickly degrades the drug and converts it into inactive compounds. Since the reactants (drug and inactivating agent) are incompatible in situations of normal drug usage, they are kept separated within the vehicle of the invention, but released for interaction in case of misuse. A catalyst may be included in the formulation to facilitate the reaction.

Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms including N-[5-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)-1H-indazol-3-yl]-4-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-2-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylamino) benzamide that are useful in the treatment of subjects having cancer. The present disclosure also provides methods for preparing these pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms, and methods of treating subjects having cancer utilizing the pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms provided herein.

The invention provides methods for treating a patient with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome by administering a therapeutically effective dose of linaclotide.

A sustained release composition for oral administration comprises a physiologically active ingredient mixed with a methylcellulose, wherein the methylcellulose has anhydroglucose units joined by 1-4 linkages and wherein hydroxy groups of anhydroglucose units are substituted with methyl groups such that the s23/s26 is more than 0.27, and wherein the concentration of methylcellulose is from 0.1 to 10% by dry weight of the active ingredient.

A preparation for releasing an active substance, such as iron, in the upper intestine includes an oral dosage form having an external coating, a coating matrix enveloping the oral dosage form, and the active substance embedded in the coating matrix. The active substance disintegrates from the coating matrix within at least one of the stomach, duodenum, upper jejunum, or any combination thereof.

A solid dosage form comprises an inner core containing a cycloserine compound and an outer layer attached to the inner core. The dosage form can be enteric tablet or transdermal patch, suitable for treating a neuropsychiatric disorder or tuberculosis.

Described herein are enteric soft capsules comprising gastric resistant polymers and gelatin and methods for manufacturing the same. The enteric soft capsules described herein have enhanced enteric and elastic properties and are simpler to manufacture and produce.

Methods of rehabilitation of neurological disorders, including neurological deficits associated with neurotraumas, such as stroke and traumatic brain injury, and with muscle disorders, that includes administering to a subject a MAO-B inhibitor.

The present disclosure relates to methods or dosing regimens comprising a proteasome inhibitor of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, ##STR00001##
for treating cancer, or preventing cancer recurrence or progression; wherein ring A, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are as defined herein.

The present invention is predicated on the realisation that problems with the poor water solubility of arsenic trioxide and the extreme difficulty in dissolving arsenic trioxide in anything other than a very basic solution, could be overcome by forming a much more soluble diarsenic tetraoxide, including the compound NaHAs.sub.2O.sub.4, prior to its delivery to a patient. Pharmaceutical compositions with such compounds and their use in the treatment of cancers is disclosed.