FIELD: medicine, pharmaceutics.
SUBSTANCE: invention refers to an implantable drug depot applicable for the release, prevention or treatment of a postoperative pain in a patient in need thereof; the implantable drug depot contains a therapeutically effective amount of clonidine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt and polymer; the drug depot is implantable into percutaneously for the release, prevention or treatment of postoperative paints; the drug depot can release: 1) approximately 5% approximately to 45% of clonidine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt to total clonidine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt as a part of the depot for a first period making up to 48 hours; 2) approximately 55% approximately to 95% of clonidine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt to total clonidine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt as a part of the depot for the following period making at least 3 days.
EFFECT: implantable form enables the easy accurate implantation of the drug depot with minimum physical and psychological traumas of the patient.
15 cl, 2 tbl, 20 dwg, 6 ex
