AU741434B2

AU741434B2 - Acidic addition salts of morphine alkaloids and the application thereof

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Publication number: AU741434B2
Application number: AU92666/98A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Bernd Adam; Bodo Asmussen; Thomas Hille; Rainer Hoffmann; Andreas Koch; Rudolf Matusch
Original assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie Systeme AG
Current assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie Systeme AG
Priority date: 1997-09-25
Filing date: 1998-09-05
Publication date: 2001-11-29
Anticipated expiration: 2018-09-05
Also published as: PL339516A1; PT1017696E; EP1017696A1; IL134787A; PL193321B1; NZ503459A; HUP0003686A3; AU9266698A; CZ20001048A3; CZ300532B6; IL134787A0; ATE214702T1; CA2304722A1; ES2174490T3; SK4322000A3; NO20001465D0; DK1017696T3; HUP0003686A2; EP1017696B1; CA2304722C

Abstract

The invention relates to a material consisting of the acidic addition salt of a morphine alkaloid and an organic acid. The organic acid is selected from: monoesters of C3-C16 dicarboxylic acids with monovalent C1-C4 alcohols; C2-C16 sulphonic acids; substituted benzoic acids selected from the group of halogen-, hydroxy-, alkyl-, hydroxyalkyl-, alkoxy alkyl-, and/or alkoxy-substituted benzoic acids and the amino substituted benzoic acids alternatively alkylated on the N atom; 5 or 6 ring heterocycles with at least one N or S atom and one carboxyl groups function; saturated or unsaturated, alternatively substituted oxocarboxylic acids with 5 to 10 C atoms; phenyl- or phenoxy-substituted saturated C2-C4 carboxylic acid; aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic C2-C12 amino acids, wherein one amino group is substituted with an alternatively substituted C2-C6 alkanoyl group or an alternatively substituted benzoyl group.

Description

ACID ADDITION SALTS OF MORPHINE ALKALOIDS AND THE USE

THEREOF

The invention relates to substances consisting essentially of the acid addition salt of a morphine alkaloid and an organic acid, said morphine alkaloid having the following formula I: R'O 3 0 R' (I)

R

2 where R" is selected from the group consisting of H, C to C,-alkyl residues, preferably methyl, ethyl, propyl, ipropyl, C(O)CH 3

R

2 selected from the group consisting of H, OH, OC(O)CH 3

=CH

2

R

3 selected from the group consisting of -CH 3 cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl and allyl; and where the bond at C7/C8 may be saturated or a nitroxyl group may be present at N1.

Morphine alkaloids, especially morphine, belong to the group of strong analgesics; their therapeutic use lies, inter alia, in the field of treatment of intense and extremely intense conditions of pain occurring, for example, in many cases of carcinosis in the final stage, or following accidents.

The heretofore existing possibilities of administration (oral, parenteral) employing these substances are dissatisfactory. There is a danger of acid-catalyzed chemical Nhanges taking place in the stomach. In addition, these adinistration forms result in high variations in the plasma

F__

level, which are observed, in particular, in the case of parenteral application (injection). Due to the plasma concentrations obtained either falling short of or exceeding the therapeutically desired plasma concentrations, habitforming effects occur.

From US-A 4,626,539 pharmaceutical compositions are known containing an opioid substance, e.g. morphine, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts described in this patent document are acetates, napsylates, tosylates, succinates, hydrochlorides, palmitates, stearates, oleates, parmoates, laurates, valerates, hydrobromides, sulfates, methane sulfonates, tartrates, citrates and maleates.

From US-A 5,374,645 there are known compositions for the transdermal administration of ionic pharmaceutically active agents, whereby morphine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts is among the substances mentioned in this context.

Salts mentioned in addition to the above morphine salts are oxalates, pyruvates, cinnamates, acetates, trifluoroacetates as well as salicylates and some other substances.

US-A 4,879,297 describes pharmaceutical compositions containing opioids or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, describing as salts in particular those of certain fatty acids such as palmitates, stearates, oleates and parmoates.

Furthermore, in US-A 4,908,389 active substance-containing compositions for topical application are described containing the active substances in the form of acid addition salts such as hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, orthophosphates, benzoates, maleates, tartrates, succinates, citrates, salicylates, sulfates or acetate.

The dermal or topical application of one of the above-stipulated acid-addition salts of morphine alkaloids has the disadvantage of very poor skin permeability of the salts mentioned. In the case of the known compositions it is attempted to compensate for this drawback by adding so-called enhancers to the administration forms.

Even though this method sometimes leads to the desired success, it would be preferable, from a pharmaceutical or therapeutic point of view as well under the aspect of legal approval, if morphine alkaloid salts were available per se such that they had a higher permeability through the skin, so that no additional substance would be required or only a small amount thereof. The reason for this being, in particular, that the use of the abovementioned enhancers, even if applied on the skin, leads to disadvantageous effects such as skin irritations or undesired pharmacodynamic side effects due to excessive toxicity.

Thus, it is the object of the present invention to ameliorate at least some of the disadvantages of the prior art discussed above.

In a first aspect the present invention provides a transdermal or transmuscosal compound for administering morphine alkaloids of the following formula I: R'O 3 .2000

(I)

1. R 7 *17 where R' is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1 to C6-alkyl residues, preferably methyl, ethyl-, propyl, i-propyl, C(O)CH 3

R

2 selected from the group consisting of the *25 monad residues H, OH, OC(O)CH 3 whereby in this case the fourth valence of the (6)-C atom is occupied by H, or the dyad residues =CH 2

R

3 is selected from the group consisting of-CH 3 cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl and allyl; and where the bond at C7/C8 may be saturated, or a nitroxyl group may be present at N 1 7 wherein it contains the morphine alkaloid as an acid addition salt of an organic acid which is selected from: 27/09/01,khl1163.spe,3 -4monoesters of C 3 to C 1 6 -dicarboxyllc acids with mono-hydric C 1 to C 4 -alcohols especially methanol,

C

2 to C 6 and Cs- to C 1 6 sulfonic acids, halogen, p- or m- hydroxy, alkyl-, hydroxyalkyl-, alkoxyalkyl- and/or alkoxysubstituted benzoic acid, as well as of the aminosubstituted benzoic acids, which may optionally be alkylated at the N atom, substituted or non-substituted 5-ring or 6-ring heterocycles comprising at least one N or S atom and having a carboxyl group function, especially a carboxy, carboxymethyl, carboxyethyl or the optionally branched carboxypropyl or carboxybutyl groups as substituents, 15 saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted, oxo-carboxylic acids having 5 to 10 C atoms, phenoxy-substituted saturated C 2 to C 4 -carboxylic acids, aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic C 2 to C 1 2 -amino acids, wherein an amino group is substituted with an optionally substituted C 2 to C 6 -alkanoyl group or an optionally substituted benzoyl group; and wherein the acid addition salt possesses a penetration behaviour with a flux of at least 2.34 ug/cm 2 .h.

Preferred embodiments are the subject-matter of the sub-claims.

The present invention also provides a transdermal or transmucosal composition comprising the compound of the first aspect together with a transdermally or transmucosally acceptable carrier adjuvant, excipient and/or diluent.

The present invention further provides a substance which substantially consists of an acidaddition salt of a morphine alkaloid of the aforementioned formula I and a further organic acid. The term "substantially consisting of' signifies that impurities are contained only to 27/09/01 .kh11163.spe,4 an extent which is common. The substance respectively the composition according to the present invention can be prepared and purified employing methods commonly used in preparative organic chemistry, so that the purified substance can also be provided in p.A.

or p.p.A, purity. The acid is, in .particular, pharmaceutically acceptable. It, too, can be produced by means common methods if it is not yet available on the market.

In the case of the morphine alkaloid of the above-mentioned formula I, R' is selected from the group consisting of H, Ci- to C 6 -alkyl residues and C(O)CH 3 The C 1 to C 6 -alkyl residues preferably are methyl, ethyl, propyl or i-propyl residues. The R 2 residue is a monad residue from the group of H, OH, OC(O)CH 3 the fourth valence at the atom in this case being occupied by H. As an alternative, R 2 may 0* 00 27/09/01,khl 1163.spe,5 also be one of the dyad residues =0 or R 3 is selected from the group consisting of cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl and allyl. Furthermore, the double bond between C7/C8 may be saturated. Apart therefrom, a nitroxyl group may be present at N 17. In the above-numerated organic residues, C(O) refers to a carbonyl function.

The acid component of the acid-addition salt according to the present invention is selected from monoesters of C 3 to

C

1 6 -dicarboxylic acids with monohydric to C 4 -alcohols, from C 2 to C 16 -sulfonic acids, from substituted benzoic acids selected from the group of halogen, hydroxy, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl-substituted and/or aminosubstituted benzoic acids, the latter optionally being alkylated at the N atom, from substituted or non-substituted, saturated or unsaturated 5-ring or 6-ring heterocycles having at least one N atom or S atom and having one of the already mentioned carboxyl group functions as substituents, a carboxyl group being especially preferred as substituent, from saturated or unsaturated optionally substituted oxocarboxylic acids having 5 to 10 C atoms, or from phenylsubstituted or phenoxy-substituted saturated C 2 to C,carboxylic acids, especially acetic acid. Naturally, C 3 to C,,-dicarboxylic acids here refer to carboxylic acids having a total carbon number of 5 to 18 C atoms.

The alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkoxyalkyl-substituted benzoic acids are, above all, those, wherein the alkyl residue or even alkoxy residue at the benzoic acid nucleus has 1 to 12 C atoms. These alkyl or alkoxy residues may also be branched. Examples therefor are i-propyl, 2-methylpropyl, t-butyl residues, 2-methylbutyl residues or the corresponding alkoxy residues. The benzoic acid nuclei may also be polysubstituted; as a matter of course, they may also be substituted with various of the alkyl or alkoxy residues mentioned.

What has been said above regarding the alkyl or alkoxy residues at the benzoic acid nucleus of the alkylsubstituted or alkoxy-substituted benzoic acids also applies with reference to the alkyl or alkoxy part of the alkoxyalkyl residue in respect of the number of carbon atoms or the branching in the case of benzoic acids substituted with alkoxyalkyl residues.

Also possible and preferred as alkoxy substituents in preferred alkoxyalkyl-substituted benzoic acids are to C alkoxy groups, especially methyloxy, ethyloxy or propyloxy groups. These alkoxy groups are etherified with C 1 to C 4 hydroxyalkyl, especially with hydroxymethyl, hydroxyethyl or hydroxypropyl groups.

The aminosubstituted benzoic acids may optionally also be alkylated at the amino group in particular with to

C

4 -alkyl residues.

Preferred substituted benzoic acids are halogen, to C 6 alkyl, hydroxy-(C- to C)-alkyl, amino-substituted or hydroxy-substituted benzoic acids. The amino-substituted benzoic acids may in turn be substituted at the amino group as explained above. In the case of aminobenzoic acid, the amino group is, in preferred embodiments, either nonsubstituted or monosubstituted or disubstituted with to

C

4 -alkyl groups. Especially preferred alkyl-substituted benzoic acids are monosubstituted or polysubstituted C 1 to-C 4 -alkyl-substituted benzoic acids, preferably to C,trialkyl-substituted benzoic acids, whereby the alkyl resisdues may also vary.

Examples for preferred hydroxyalkyl-substituted benzoic acids are hydroxymethylated, hydroxyethylated, hydroxypropylated or hydroxybutylated benzoic acids.

Among the above-stipulated hydroxy-substituted benzoic acids, the p- or m-hydroxy-substituted benzoic acids are especially preferred.

Most preferred among the substituted benzoic acids for the acid component of the acid-addition salts of morphine alkaloids of the above-mentioned Formula I according to the present invention are p-hydroxybenzoic acid, p-aminobenzoic acid or trimethylbenzoic acid, especially 2,4,6trimethylbenzoic acid.

The substituted or non-substituted 5-ring or 6-ring heterocyles used according to the invention as acid components for morphine alkaloid acid addition salts are cyclic or 6-ring systems comprising at least one nitrogen or S atom, such as, in particular, pyridine, piperidine, pyrimidine or analogous pyrrole or thiophene ring systems. These ring systems additionally carry a carboxyl group at one ring atom. Naturally, the heterocyclic ring system may also be saturated, as is already evident from the piperidine ring system.

The 6-ring heterocycles are, preferably, substituted or non-substituted pyridinecarboxylic acid, especially nicotinic acid. Among the preferred 5-ring systems having at least one S-atom there is lipoic acid.

As mentioned above, the morphine alkaloid acid addition salts may, with respect to the acid component, also consist af C 2 to C 6 -sulfonic acids. Of these sulfonic acids, C to C,-sulfonic acids, especially hexanesulfonic acid, are particularly preferred.

The monoesters of C 3 to C..-dicarboxylic acids with monohydric to C 4 -alcohols, especially methanol, used in the case of the morphine alkaloid acid addition salts according to the present invention are preferably monoesters of C,to C 1 0 -dicarboxylic acids with the above-mentioned alcohols.

In this context, substances especially preferred as acids are suberic acid, azelaic acid or sebacic acid. Among the aforementioned monoesters of dicarboxylic acids, monomethylsebacate is most preferred.

If, in accordance with the invention, a saturated or unsaturated, e.g. olefinically unsaturated, and optionally substituted, oxocarboxylic acid having 5 to 10 C atoms is used as acid component of the morphine-alkaloid acid addition salt, preferably this is optionally olefinically unsaturated 5- or 9-oxocarboxylic acid. Among these oxocarboxylic acids, 5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acids (pyroglutamic acid), levulinic acid or oxo-dec-2-ene acid are the most advantageous.

If as an acid component for the morphine alkaloid acid addition salts according to the invention a phenylsubstituted or phenoxy-substituted C 2 to C 4 -carboxylic acid is used, this is preferably a phenyl-substituted or phenoxy-substituted acetic, propionic or butyric acid.

The aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic C 2 to C 12 -amino acids used according to the invention are preferably monoaminomonocarboxylic acids, wherein the amino group is substituted with a C 2 to C 6 -alkanoyl group, which may be mono- or polysubstituted with hydroxy, C 1 to C,-alkoxy- or C1- to C 4 -hydroxyalkyl, or wherein the amino group is substituted with the benzoyl residue, which may be mono- or polysubstituted with C 1 to C 4 -alkyl, C 1 to C 4 -alkoxy, C 1 to C 4 -hydroxyalkyl, halogen, amino or hydroxy.

.The.aromatic amino acids may be, for example, phenyl amino acids, preferably phenylalanine and tyrosine; the heterocyclic amino acids are preferably proline, hydroxyproline and tryptophan. Especially preferred are, however, aliphatic

C

2 to C.-monoaminomonocarboxylic acids, wherein the amino group is substituted, as indicated above; it is, however, especially preferred if the amino group is substituted with the acetyl group or benzoyl group.

The alkaloid component of.the morphine alkaloid acid addition salts according to the present invention are preferably the morphine alkaloids morphine, codeine, heroin, ethylmorphine, levorphanol or hydromorphone.

Generally, of the above-mentioned acid addition salts according to the invention those are especially preferred whose molecular mass (MW) is below 800, preferably below 600, and most advantageously between 400 and 600.

According to the invention there are also provided mixtures of the above-mentioned substances, whereby either the same morphine alkaloid is reacted with various acid components, or the same acid component is combined with various morphine alkaloids. Of course, such a composition may also contain a combination of the two aforementioned variants.

In a preferred embodiment, the composition is a solution or suspension of the acid addition salts according to the invention in glycerol, ethylene glycol, oleic acid, dimethylisosorbide and/or dimethylsulfoxide, whereby such solution or suspension may also contain further components, such as penetration enhancers.

Especially preferred penetration enhancers are polyoxethylene sorbitane fatty acids, such as Tween 20, or polyoxyethylene alcohols, such as, for example, polymerisation products of up to 10 molecules ethylene oxide, each with one molecule octanol, decanol or dodecanol, or mixtures of these polimerization products.

The morphine alkaloid acid addition salts are prepared by way of known process steps. Such a production method comprises the steps of providing a solution of the basic alkaloid, reacting, in a further step, said solution with equimolar amounts of a solution of the organic acid or if the acid is liquid reacting the solution directly with said acid, and isolating the addition salt thus obtained by means of common process steps.

In accordance with the invention, the above-described substances or compositions are employed in preparations for transdermal or transmucosal administration. They are used above all for pain control or in withdrawal therapies of drug addicts. Such preparations for transdermal or transmucosal administration are, for example, lotions, ointments, cremes, gels or sprays, transmucosal therapeutic systems, transdermal therapeutic systems (TTS) or iontophoretic devices. Such transdermal or transmucosal therapeutic systems are in principle known to those skilled in the art. They are described, for example, in "Therapeutische Systeme" [Klaus Heilmann, 4th ed., Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart (1984)].

If the preparation for transdermal administration is a TTS, J'this comprises a preferably active substance-impermeable

C'

backing layer and a reservoir layer. The reservoir layer preferably contains 40 80%-wt polymer material. This polymer material is preferably selected from the group of polyacrylates, silicones or polystyrenes. Furthermore, the reservoir layer preferably contains 0.1 30%-wt plasticizer as well as the morphine alkaloid acid addition salts according to the invention in an amount of from 0.1 to wt.

The backing layer may consist of flexible or non-flexible material. Examples of materials used for its manufacture are polymer films or metal foils, such as aluminium foil, which are used on their own or coated with a polymer substrate. Textile fabrics may also be used, provided that the components of the reservoir can not penetrate the fabrics due to their physical properties.

In a preferred administration form the backing layer is a composite material of an aluminized layer.

The reservoir layer contains as mentioned above a polymer matrix and the active substance, the polymer matrix ensuring the coherence of the system. It comprises a base polymer and optionally further common additives. The selection of the base polymer is dependent on the chemical and physical properties of the salts according to the present invention. Examples of polymers are rubber, rubber-like synthetic homopolymers, copolymers or blockpolymers, polyacrylic acid esters and their copolymers, polyurethanes and silicones. In principle, any polymers are suitable which can also be used in the production of pressure-sensitive adhesives and which are physiologically acceptable. Especially preferred are those based on blockpolymers of styrene and 1,3-dienes, polyisobutylenes, silicones and acrylate-based and/or methacrylate-based polymers.

What kind of common additives are employed depends on the polymer used: According to their function, they can be divided, for example, in tackifying agents, stabilizers, carriers and fillers. Physiologically acceptable substances suitable for this purpose are known to the man skilled in the art.

The reservoir layer has such self-adhesiveness as to ensure permanent contact to the skin. It may also have a multilayered structure.

The selection of the plasticizer which may simultaneously serve as a solvent is dependent on the active substance in the polymer.

A removable protective layer, which is in contact with the reservoir layer and is removed prior to application, may also be made up of the same materials as are used for producing the backing layer, with the prerequisite that these materials have been rendered removable, such as, for example, by means of silicone treatment. Other removable layers are, for example, polytetrafluoroethylene, treated paper, cellophane, polyvinylchloride and the like.

A TTS will initially be present in an initial stage as a laminate. If the laminate is divided into formats suitable for therapy (patches) prior to application of the protective layer, the protective layer pieces to be applied subsequently may have a projecting end, with the aid of which said pieces can be removed more easily.

In the case of transmucosal administration of the salts according to the present invention, it is preferred to use a mucoadhesive additive for more rapid absorption through the mucous membrane.

Such additives are, for example, polyacrylic acid carboxymethylcellulose and other derivated polysaccharides, especially acetyl starch or hydroxyethyl starch or combinations thereof.

The transdermal system may be prepared by homogeneously mixing the active substance together with the other components of the pressure-sensitive reservoir layers, optionally in solution, and applying same onto the optionally active substance-impermeable backing layer, whereupon the solvent(s) is/are removed. Subsequently, the adhesive layer is provided with a corresponding protective layer.

The invention will be illustrated in more detail by means of the following Figures and Examples: The Figures show: Fig. 1: the H-NMR spectrum of the morphine base in CDC1, at 400 MHz.

Fig. 2: the 1 H-NMR spectrum of the morphine trimethylbenzoate in CDC1 3 at 400 MHz.

Fig. 3: The table shows the association of the individual proton signals in the H-NMR spectrum of the morphine base as well as of the morphine trimethylbenzoate, according to their chemical shift (characterization as morphine salt).

By means of NMR spectroscopy it is possible to monitor the protonation of the alkaloid function in the morphine molecule. The salt formation has an impact on the electron distribution in the piperidine portion. A lower field shift of the proton resonance signals in the region of the base function shows that the protons there are deshielded through salt formation. On the one hand, this is due to the acidic trimethylbenzoic acid proton being bonded by the free electron pair at the basic nitrogen, and, on the other hand, to the influence of the trimethylbenzoic acid residue.

Fig. 4: The Table shows the results of measurements of the penetration behaviour of various morphine salts according to the present invention, and of comparison substances. The preparations are selfprepared; identification was performed by means of IR-ATR and H-NMR spectrums.

Fig. 5: This diagram shows the permeation behaviour of morphine monomethyl sebacate in comparison to morphine base, in each case from one TTS, as described in Utilization Example 1.

The penetration rate of the salt lies above that of the base by a factor of ca. 1.8.

The incorporated amount of salt corresponds to morphine base, thus being equimolar to the reference TTS of the morphine base.

PRODUCTION EXAMPLE 1: 1 g (3.5 mMol) water-free morphine base were dissolved, while heating, in 100 ml methanol. Once the base had been completely dissolved in methanol, a solution of 756 mg mMol) monomethylsebacic acid in 20 ml methanol was added.

The combined solutions were narrowed down in the rotary evaporizer. After ca. 48 h at 5 oC the morphine monomethyl sebacate had crystallized. Solvent residues were removed using a vacuum pump. The crystals had a melting point of 146 oC.

PRODUCTION EXAMPLE 2: Production Example 1 was repeated, except that instead of the monomethylsebacic acid an equimolar amount of phydroxybenzoic acid was used.

PRODUCTION EXAMPLE 3: SProduction Example 1 was repeated, with.the exception that instead of monomethylsebacic acid an equimolar amount of oxoproline was used.

PRODUCTION EXAMPLE 4: Production Example 1 was repeated, except that instead of monomethylsebacic acid an equimolar amount of hexanesulfonic acid was used.

PRODUCTION EXAMPLE .Production Example 1 was repeated, except that instead of monomethylsebacic acid an equimolar amount of nicotinic acid was used.

PRODUCTION EXAMPLE 6: Production Example 1 was repeated, except that instead of monomethylsebacic acid an equimolar amount of p-aminobenzoic acid was used.

PRODUCTION EXAMPLE 7: Production Example 1 was repeated, except that instead of monomethylsebacic acid an equimolar amount of 2,4,6trimethylbenzoic acid was used.

PRODUCTION EXAMPLE 8: Production Example 1 was repeated, except that instead of monomethylsebacic acid an equimolar amount of lipoic acid was used.

PRODUCTION EXAMPLE 9: Production Example 1 was repeated, except that instead of monomethylsebacic acid an equimolar amount of acetylglycin was used.

PRODUCTION EXAMPLE Production Example 1 was repeated, except that instead of the monomethylsebacic acid an equimolar amount of hippuric acid was used.

COMPARISON EXAMPLE 1: Production Example 1 was repeated, with the exception that instead of the salt of monomethylsebacic acid and morphine, only an equivalent amount of morphine base was used.

COMPARISON EXAMPLE 2: Production Example 1 was repeated, except that instead of monomethylsebacic acid an equimolar amount of propionic acid was used.

COMPARISON EXAMPLE 3: Production Example 1 was repeated, with the exception that instead of monomethylsebacic acid an equimolar amount of formic acid was used.

UTILIZATION EXAMPLE 1: 1.654 g morphine monomethylsebacate (corresponding to wt morphine base) were incorporated in 2.346 g oleic acid.

Subsequently, this was stirred until complete dissolution of the solid substance (ca. 15 minutes, visual control).

The solution was then, again under stirring, stirred in portions into 12.3 g of a self-crosslinking acrylate polymer of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, vinyl acetate and acrylic F~ac.id in a solvent mixture ethyl acetate hep- M6_ @0 0 0000 *0 0 0 0000 0 0 0 000@ 06 S S 0e 6O 00 0 *000 0 600 tane ethanol 2-propanol 39 13 22 26). This was then stirred for ca. 2 hours, at room temperature. The evaporation loss was compensated with ethyl acetate. 10 g 48.8%-wt. active substance-containing adhesive solution were yielded and coated onto an aluminized and siliconized polyethylene film. After removal of the solvents by drying for 30 minutes at up to 50 oC, the adhesive film was covered with a 15-um-thick polyester film. Using appropriate cutting tools, the intended application surfaces were punched out and the margins removed through separation by lattice.

UTILIZATION EXAMPLE 2: 30 mg of morphine-p-hydroxybenzoate were suspended in 1.47 g olive oil. The 2%-wt trituration thus obtained was applied, using an.application device, to excised nude guinea pig skin which, in turn, had been clamped into a FRANZ' diffusion cell tempered at 37 oC. As acceptor solution, 0.9% sodium chloride solution was used, which, under continued stirring, was likewise maintained at 37 oC and completely replaced by a new acceptor solution. The results of the amounts penetrated from the donor portion, determined through HPLC, are set out in Fig. 4.

UTILIZATION EXAMPLES 3 to 14: Utilization Example 2 was repeated with the modification that instead of morphine-p-hydroxybenzoate, in the trituration the morphine salts of the Production Examples 3 to or the substances of the Comparison Examples 1 to 3 were used. The results are likewise set out in Fig. 4.

Where the terms "comprise", "comprises", "comprised" or "comprising" are used in this specification, they are to be interpreted as specifying the presence of the stated features, integers, steps or components referred to, but not to preclude the presence or addition of one or more other feature, integer, step, component or group thereof

Claims

1. Transdermal or transmucosal compound for administering morphine alkaloids of the following Formula I: R'O 3 M 0 (I) O7 R 2 7 where R' is selected from the group consisting of H or C 1 to C 6 -alkyl residues; R 2 is selected from the group consisting of the monad residues H, OH, OC(O)CH 3 whereby in this case the fourth valence of the atom is occupied by H, or the dyad residues =0, =CH 2 R 3 is selected from the group consisting of-CH 3 cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl and allyl; and where the bond at C7/C8 may be saturated, or a nitroxyl group may be present at N 1 7 wherein it contains the morphine alkaloid as an acid addition salt of an organic acid which is selected from monoesters of C 3 to C 16 -dicarboxylic acids with monohydric Ci- to C 4 -alcohols, especially methanol, C 2 to C 6 and C 8 to C 16 sulfonic acids, halogen, p- or m- hydroxy, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl and/or alkoxy- substituted benzoic acids, as well as of the aminosubstituted benzoic acids, which may optionally be alkylated at the N atom, substituted or non-substituted 5-ring or 6-ring heterocycles comprising at least one N or S atom and having a carboxyl group function, especially a carboxy, carboxymethyl, carboxyethyl or the optionally branched carboxypropyl or 27/09/01.kh11163.spe,19 carboxybutyl groups as substituents, saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted, oxocarboxylic acids having 5 to C atoms, phenoxy-substituted saturated C 2 to C 4 -carboxylic acids, aliphatic, aromatic or heterocylic C 2 to C 12 -amino acids, wherein one amino group is substituted with an optionally substituted C 2 to C 6 -alkanoyl group or an optionally substituted benzoyl group, and wherein the acid salt possesses a penetration behaviour with a flux of at least 2.34 ug/cm 2 .h.

2. Compound according to Claim 1, wherein the organic acid is selected from aliphatic monoaminomonocarboxylic acids, wherein the amino group is substituted with a C 2 to C 6 -alkanoyl group, which may be mono- or polysubstituted with hydroxy, C 1 to C 4 -alkoxy- or C 1 to C 4 -hydroxyalkyl, or wherein the amino group is substituted with the benzoyl residue, which may be mono- or polysubstituted with Ci- to C 4 -alkyl, Ci- to C 4 -alkoxy, Ci- to C 4 -hydroxyalkyl, halogen, amino or hydroxy. 0*

3. Compound according to Claim 2, wherein the organic acid is selected from aliphatic C2- to C 6 monoaminomonocarboxylic acids, wherein the amino group is substituted with the acetyl group or the benzoyl group.

4. Compounds according to Claim 1, wherein the organic acid is selected from: hydroxy-(Cl- to C 4 )-alkyl, C 1 to C 6 -alkoxy-(Ci- to C 4 )-alkyl-substituted or p- or m-hydroxy-substituted benzoic acids, monoesters of Cs- to Clo-dicarboxylic acids, especially suberic acid, azelaic acid

27109101.khl I 163.spe.20 -21 and sebacic acid, C 4 to C 6 and Cs- sulfonic acids, especially hexanesulfonic acid. Compounds according to Claim 1, wherein the acid is selected from C 1 to C 4 alkyl-substituted benzonic acids. 6. Compounds according to Claim 5, wherein the acid is selected from C 1 to C 4 trialkyl-substituted benzoic acids. 7. Compounds according to Claim 1, wherein the organic acid is hexanesulfonic acid, aminobenzoic acid or trimethylbenzoic acid. a* *o 8. Compounds according to any one of Claims 1 to 7, wherein the 5-ring or 6-ring heterocycle is a pyridine-carboxylic acid. 9. Compounds according to Claim 8, wherein the 5-ring or 6-ring heterocycle is nicotinic acid or lipoic acid. 10. Compound according to any one of Claims 1 to 9, wherein the oxocarboxylic acid is a 5- or 9- oxocarboxylic acid which is optionally unsaturated. 11. Compound according to Claim 10, wherein the oxocarboxylic acid is oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid, levulic acid or oxodec-2-ene acid. 12. Compounds according to Claim 3, wherein the organic acid is acetylglycin or hippuric acid. 13. Compounds according to any one of the preceding Claims, wherein the morphine alkaloid is morphine, codeine, heroin, ethylmorphine, lovorphanol, or hydromorphone. 14. Compounds according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein it comprises a solution 27/09/01.khl 1163.spe,21 -22- or suspension of the acid addition salt in glycerin, ethylene glykol, dimethyl isosorbide, oleic acid and/or dimethyl sulfoxide. Compounds according to any one of Claims 1 to 14, wherein R' is selected from methyl, ethyl-, propyl, i-propyl or C(O)CH 3 16. Acid addition salts of morphine alkaloid and organic acid, said morphine alkaloid having the following Formula I: R'O 3 RN l 1 ON/R3 (I) 17 R 2 7 where R' is selected from the group consisting of H or C 1 to C 6 -alkyl residues; R 2 is selected from the group consisting of the monad residues H, OH, OC(O)CH 3 whereby in this case the fourth valence of the atom is occupied by H, or the dyad residues =0, =CH 2 R 3 is selected from the group consisting of-CH 3 cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl and allyl; and where the bond at C7/C8 may be saturated, or a nitroxyl group may be present at N 1 7 S wherein the organic acid is selected from monoesters of C 3 to C 1 6 -dicarboxylic acids with monohydric C 1 to C 4 -alcohols, especially methanol, C 2 to C 6 and Cs- to C 1 6 -sulfonic acids, the group of halogen, p- and m-hydroxy, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl and/or alkoxy-substituted benzoic acids, as well as of the aminosubstituted benzoic acids, which may optionally be alkylated at the N atom, substituted or non-substituted 5-ring or 6-ring heterocycles comprising at least one N or S atom and having a carboxyl group function, especially a carboxy, 27/09/01,kh11163.spe,22 -23- carboxymethyl, carboxyethyl or the optionally branched carboxypropyl or carboxybutyl groups as substituents, saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted, oxocarboxylic acids having 5 to C atoms, phenoxy-substituted saturated C 2 to C 4 -carboxylic acids, aliphatic, aromatic or heterocylic C 2 to C 12 -amino acids, wherein one amino group is substituted with an optionally substituted C 2 to C 6 -alkanoyl group or an optionally substituted benzoyl group; and wherein the acid addition possesses a penetration behaviour with a flux of at least 2.34 S* ug/cm 2 .h. 8. S S S Method for the production of acid addition salts according to Claim 16 or claim 17 comprising the steps of providing a solution of the morphine alkaloid, reacting, in a further step, said solution with equimolar amounts of a solution of the organic acid and isolating the resultant addition salt. A transdermal or transmucosal composition comprising a compound according to Claim 1 together with a transdermally or transmuscosally acceptable carrier, adjuvant, excipient and/or diluent. Use of a composition according to Claim 19 for formulating preparations for pain control or for withdrawal therapy of drug addicts. 21. Use according to Claim 20, wherein said preparation is a lotion, ointment, creme, gel or spray, an iontophoretic device, a transmucosal therapeutic system or a transdermal therapeutic system (TTS), comprising a backing layer, which optionally is active substance-impermeable, and a reservoir layer. 22. A compound according to Claim 1, substantially as herein described with reference 27/09/01.khll 163.spe,23 -24- to any one of the Examples and/or accompanying Figures. 23. Acid addition salts according to claim 16, substantially as herein described with reference to any one of the Examples and/or accompanying Figures. 24. Method according to Claim 18, which method is substantially as herein described with reference to any one of the Examples and/or accompanying Figures. Composition according to Claim 19, substantially as herein described with reference to any one of the Examples and/or accompanying Figures. 26. Use according to Claim 20, substantially as herein described with reference to any one of the Examples and/or accompanying Figures. Dated this 2 7 th day of September, 2001 LTS LOHMANN THRAPIE-SYSTEME GMBH By their Patent Attorneys: CALLINAN LAWRIE *o •o g* 27/09/01,khl 1163.spe,24