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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2024
Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc., New Haven, CT (US);
Vasukumar Kakumanu, New Haven, CT (US);
David Christian Hanley, New Haven, CT (US);
Frank Yocca, New Haven, CT (US);
Chetan Dalpatbhai Lathia, New Haven, CT (US);
Lavanya Rajachandran, New Haven, CT (US);
Robert Risinger, New Haven, CT (US);
BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc., New Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of administering relatively high doses of dexmedetomidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a human subject, without also inducing significant sedation. The disclosed methods are particularly suitable for the treatment of agitation, especially when associated with neurodegenerative and/or neuropsychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, bipolar illness such as bipolar disorder or mania, dementia, depression, or delirium.