Abstract: Described herein are an aspirin or active aspirin derivative and a COX-2 inhibitor, at least one of which has an enteric or partial enteric coating, administered in combination yet delivered sequentially, for the treatment and prophylactic treatment of diseases, symptoms and conditions. In some embodiments, the COX-2 inhibitor has the enteric coating; however, the aspirin or active aspirin derivative may additionally or alternately have the enteric coating. In all embodiments, the drug having the enteric coating or enteric formulation is targeted for absorption in the small intestine or colon, or both the small intestine and the colon.

Abstract: Described herein are an aspirin or active aspirin derivative and a COX-2 inhibitor, at least one of which has an enteric or partial enteric coating, administered in combination yet delivered sequentially, for the treatment and prophylactic treatment of diseases, symptoms and conditions. In some embodiments, the COX-2 inhibitor has the enteric coating; however, the aspirin or active aspirin derivative may additionally or alternately have the enteric coating. In all embodiments, the drug having the enteric coating or enteric formulation is targeted for absorption in the small intestine or colon, or both the small intestine and the colon.

Abstract: Described herein are an aspirin or active aspirin derivative and a COX-2 inhibitor, at least one of which has an enteric or partial enteric coating, administered in combination yet delivered sequentially, for the treatment and prophylactic treatment of diseases, symptoms and conditions. In some embodiments, the COX-2 inhibitor has the enteric coating; however, the aspirin or active aspirin derivative may additionally or alternately have the enteric coating. In all embodiments, the drug having the enteric coating or enteric formulation is targeted for absorption in the small intestine or colon, or both the small intestine and the colon.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the prophylactic or targeted prophylactic treatment of migraine. In one embodiment a patient is regularly given a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor and acetylsalicylic acid or active derivative, for prophylactic treatment of migraine. In another embodiment, a patient, at a time prior to a determined time window, is administered a therapeutically effective amount of a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, either alone or in combination with acetylsalicylic acid or active derivative, to prevent or reduce migraine symptoms during the time window. Representative compositions include a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor and acetylsalicylic acid or salicylate salt.

Abstract: The present invention provide methods and compositions for the prophylactic, targeted prophylactic, acute or acutely targeted, or subacute treatment of migraine. Representative methods include an embodiment where a patient is regularly given a therapeutically effective amount of a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, an embodiment where a patient is co-administered a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor and acetylsalicylic acid and an embodiment where a patient is co-administered a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of at cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor and a 5-HT agonist. Representative compositions; include cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, HT-5 agonists, acetylsalicylic acid and combinations thereof.