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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
Applicants:
Eric Finzi, Bethesda, MD (US);
Norman E. Rosenthal, Rockville, MD (US);
Inventors:
Eric Finzi, Bethesda, MD (US);
Norman E. Rosenthal, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/48 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); G09B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/4893 (2013.01); A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); G09B 7/06 (2013.01); C12Y 304/24069 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are disclosed for treating post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a subject. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin to a corrugator supercilii and/or a procerus muscle of the subject to cause paralysis of the corrugator supercilii and/or a procerus muscle in the subject, thereby treating PTSD. The neurotoxin can be Botulinum toxin A, such as at a dose of about 20 to about 50 units of Botulinum toxin A.