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United States Patent (19) L L 4,021,555 Seyfried Et Al United States Patent (19) l l 4,021,555 Seyfried et al. 45 May 3, 1977 54 PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION AND 51 Int. Cl. ................ A61K 31/20; A61K 3/495 METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF 58 Field of Search ............ ................ 424/250, 319 PARKHNSONISM 56 References Cited (75) Inventors: Christoph Seyfried; Herbert Nowak, both of Darmstadt, Germany UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,632,778 l/1972 Sheth ................................. 424/319 (73) Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschranikter Haftung, Darmstadt, Primary Examiner-Stanley J. Friedman Germany Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Millen & White 22) Filed: Dec. 16, 1975 (57) ABSTRACT 21 ) Appl. No.: 641,350 Administration of mepiprazole during L-dopatherapy Foreign Application Priority Data for parkinsonism reduces undesired side effects of L 30) dopa and enhances the desired effects of L-dopa. Mar. 29, 1975 Germany .......................... 2513940 (52) U.S. C. ................................ 424/250; 424/319 8 Claims, No Drawings 4,021555. 1 2 mepiprazole should have no advantages over other PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION AND neuroleptics, in L-dopa therapy. METHOD FORTREATMENT OF PARKNSON SM sUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In a method-of-use aspect, this invention relates to a BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION method of reducing undesirable side effects and/or This invention relates to a process for modifying the enhancing the beneficial effects of L-dopa in therapy effects of therapeutic administration of L-dopa, and to employing L-dopa comprising administering an amount pharmaceutical preparations suitable for this purpose. of mepiprazole or a physiologically and pharmacologi L-Dopa (L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) is used for 10 cally acceptable acid addition salt thereof during such the treatment of parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease. therapy, effective to either enhance the beneficial ef. The cause of parkinsonism is thought to be a deficiency, fects or reduce undesirable side effects of L-dopather of the neurotransmitter dopamine, 2-(3,4-dihydroxy apy, or both. In a preferred embodiment, the mepi phenyl)-ethylamine, in the basal ganglia. Dopamine prazole and L-dopa are administered as a mixture in itself does not pass through the blood-brain barrier; for 15 unit dosage form, in admixture with a pharmacologi this reason, this compound is unsuitable for parkinson cally acceptable carrier. ism therapy. Consequently, treatment of parkinsonism In a composition aspect, this invention relates to a is carried out by substitute therapy using high doses of pharmaceutical composition comprising a mixture of L-dopa, a precursor of dopamine, which passes the an amount per unit dosage of L-dopa effective to ame blood-brain barrier. However, L-dopa is also a precur 20 liorate the symptoms of parkinsonism and an amount sor of noradrenaline, so that its administration to a per unit dosage of mepiprazole or a physiologically and patient results in increased formation of noradrenaline. pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salt As a result, the metabolic equilibrium of the neuro thereof, effective to enhance the beneficial effects or transmitters noradrenaline and serotonin is disturbed in reduce undesired side effects of the L-dopa, or both, in the brain. 25 admixture with a pharmacologically acceptable carrier. Administration of L-dopa also leads to reduction in DETALED DESCRIPTION the activity of serotoninergic neurons. The result is Mepiprazole or its physiologically and pharmacologi agitation, motoric unrest, increased sexuality, insom cally acceptable acid addition salts are administered in nia, hypomanic reactions, and sometimes even hallu 30 addition to L-dopa. The dosage can be given in sepa cinations and delirious conditions, i.e.,L-dopa psycho rate pharmaceutical preparations or in combination. sis. These psychic disturbances normally cannot be Mepiprazole and its physiologically acceptable acid overcome by conventional psychopharmacological addition salts are utilized in a mixture with solid, liquid agents, which simultaneously counteract the effect of and/or semiliquid excipients customary in the human the dopamine so that symptoms of the original parkin 35 or veterinary medicine. Suitable carrier substances are sonism returns. organic or inorganic compounds suitable for enteral or It has been found that the psychopharmacological parenteral application and which do not react with the agent mepiprazole, 3-(2-(N'-m-chlorophenyl effective agents, for example, water, vegetable oils, piperazino)-ethyl-5-methylpyrazole, unlike other psy benzyl alcohols, polyethylene glycols, gelatin, lactose, chopharmaceuticals, has specific dopamine- and 40 amylose, magnesium stearate, or talc. Suitable for en serotonin-potentiating activity and simultaneously has teral application are, for example, tablets, dragees, noradrenaline-blocking activity in the central nervous capsules, syrups, elixirs, drops, or suppositories. For system. Thus, for example, dopamine reuptake accord parenteral administration, especially suitable are solu ing to Carlsson et al., Europ.J.Pharmacol. 5: 367 tions, preferably oily or aqueous solutions, further (1969), was inhibited by 50-70% in rats by administra 45 more, suspensions, emulsions, or implants. The effec tion of 20 mg/kg. of mepiprazole. tive agents can also be lyophilized and the thus The turnover rate of transmitters in rats by the obtained lyophilized products can be used, for exam method of Andén et al., Metabolism of Amines in the ple, for the preparation of injection formulations. The Brain, Ed., G. Hooper, Macmillan 1969, p. 44, showed indicated preparations can be sterilized and/or can a reduction in serotonin turnover of about 50% and an 50 contain auxiliary agents, such as lubricants, preserva increase in noradrenaline turnover by 60% following tives, stabilizers and/or wetting agents, emulsifiers, salts administration of 2.5 mg/kg. of mepiprazole. This for influencing the osmotic pressure, buffers, coloring, combination of effects has not been observed hereto flavoring and/or aromatous substances. They can, if fore in psychopharmaceuticals. These newly-found desired, also contain one or more additional active properties of mepiprazole permit normalization of nor 55 agents, e.g., vitamins and/or preferably, peripheral adrenaline and serotonin transmitter metabolism dis decarboxylase inhibitors, e.g., carbidopa, (-)-L-a- turbed by the administration of L-dopa, that is, psychic hydrazino-3,4-dihydroxy-o-methylhydrocinnamic acid side effects of L-dopa therapy are positively affected monohydrate, or benserazide, 1-DL-seryl-2-(2,3,4- and the primary effect of dopamine is enhanced , trihydroxybenzyl)-hydrazine. By incorporating such The preparation and certain pharmacological prop 60 peripheral decarboxylase inhibitors, the total dose of erties and medicinal uses of mepiprazole are disclosed L-dopa can be lowered further and peripheral side in U.S. Pat. No. 3,491,097, incorporated herein by effects can thus be reduced, reference. Mepiprazole has for example, narcosis The unit dosage of mepiprazole and its physiologi potentiating effects typical of conventional psycho cally acceptable acid addition salts is dependent on the pharmaceuticals. The properties of mepiprazole which 65 amount of L-dopa being administered, Normally, about are utilized in this invention could not be predicted 0.1 - 2% by weight of the administered L-dopa dose of from the properties set forth in the above reference. mepiprazole is given. Since L-dopa is normally given in Based on the properties indicated in that reference, daily dosages of from about 500 to 6000 mg., the re 4,021,555. 3 4 quired dosage of mepiprazole is about 5-20 mg. daily, EXAMPLE 5 the proportion for a dosage unit being from 0.5 to 20 mg., preferably from 1 to 5 mg. As is the case for the Tablets (Combination Preparation) optimum dose of L-dopa, the optimum dose of mepi 2 kg. of L-dopa, 0.5 kg. of benserazide hydrochlo prazole must be determined for each individual case. ride, 10 g of mepiprazole dihydrochloride, 20 kg. of Due to the dopamine-potentiating properties of mepi lactose, 5 kg. of wheat starch, 1 kg. of talc, 0.5 kg. of magnesium stearate, and 1 kg. of cellulose powder are prazole, the dose of L-dopa required for therapy can be mixed together. Tablets are compressed from the mix reduced. Oral administration is preferred, especially in ture in the usual way, so that each individual tablet the case of combination preparations. 10 contains 200 mg. of L-dopa, 50 mg. of benserazide Without further elaboration, it is believed that one hydrochloride, and 1 mg. of mepiprazole dihydrochlor skilled in the art can, using the preceding description, ide. Six to eight of these tablets are administered daily. utilize the present invention to its fullest extent. The Accordingly, the daily dosage is 1.2 - 1.6 g. of L-dopa, following preferred specific embodiments are, there 0.3 - 0.4 g of benserazide, and 6 - 8 mg. of mepi fore, to be construed as merely illustrative, and not 5 prazole dihydrochloride. limitative of the remainder of the disclosure in any way The preceding examples can be repeated with similar whatsoever. success by substituting the generically and specifically described reactants and/or operating conditions of this EXAMPLE 1 invention for those used in the preceding examples. Tablets 20 From the foregoing description, one skilled in the art can easily ascertain the essential characteristics of this A mixture of 1 kg. of mepiprazole, 4 kg. of lactose, invention, and without departing from the spirit and 1.2 kg. of corn starch, 0.2 kg. of talc, and 0.1 kg. of scope thereof, can make various changes and modifica magnesium stearate is compressed to tablets in the tions of the invention to adapt it to various usages and usual way, so that each tablet contains 5 mg. of active 25 conditions. agent. What is claimed is: These tablets are administered in addition to the 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising in unit customary preparations which contain L-dopa, so that dosage form an amount of L-dopa effective to alleviate the weight ratio of L-dopa to mepiprazole is about 100 the symptoms of parkinsonism and a dosage of mepi : 1.
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