CPC A61K 31/166 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0043 (2013.01); A61K 9/08 (2013.01); A61K 47/10 (2013.01); A61K 47/12 (2013.01); A61M 11/02 (2013.01); C07C 237/44 (2013.01); A61M 15/08 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An intranasal pharmaceutical composition having a pH of above about 4.5, comprising metoclopramide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and either (1) benzalkonium chloride at a concentration of at least 0.025% (w/v) and up to about 0.05% (w/v) or (2) benzyl alcohol at a concentration of less than 1% (w/v); wherein the intranasal pharmaceutical composition exhibits less than about 2% average change in percent optical density (O.D.) per week per 200 mg/mL of metoclopramide when stored at a temperature of 40° C. and 75% relative humidity for at least about 4 weeks.
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