Lipha, Lyonnaise Industrielle Pharmaceutique

Marcel Grand

Michel Bayssat

Maryse Belleville

Michel Mosnier

Naftidrofuryl can be used to prepare a pharmaceutical which promotes the regeneration of nerve fibers. A neurologically active quantity of N,N-2-diethylaminoethyl-tetrahydro-alpha-(1-naphthylmethyl)-2-furanpropano ate or an addition salt thereof is incorporated in an excipient or an inert, nontoxic, pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.

Use of naftidrofuryl to regenerate nerve fibers

Long-acting forms of theophylline for use in treating asthma comprise theophylline associated with a compound of the substituted cinnamamide type of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen, a hologen or an acetyl radical; R.sub.1 is hydrogen or the methyl radical; R.sub.2 is ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 is hydrogen or the methyl radical; or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together with the adjacent nitrogen tom form the 2,2-dimethyl-3-oxazolidinyl group.

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Lyons, France

Marcel Grand