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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2020
Method for treating or mitigating parkinson's disease using nicotine inhaler or nicotine nasal spray
Applicant:
Howard University, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Yousef Tizabi, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Robert L. Copeland, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/465 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61P 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/0075 (2013.01); A61K 9/0043 (2013.01); A61K 31/465 (2013.01); A61P 25/16 (2018.01);
Abstract
A method for treating or mitigating Parkinson's disease (PD) symptoms or progression, including administering an effective amount of nicotine to a subject in need thereof, via inhalation using a nicotine inhaler or via nasal spray using a nicotine nasal spray. Significant dose-dependent improvement of all symptoms by nicotine inhaler or nicotine nasal spray is expected. A novel treatment in PD is thus provided.