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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Markku Linnoila, Bethesda, MD (US);
Richard G Lister, Bethesda, MD (US);
Michael J Durcan, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514396 ; 514397 ; 514811 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for attenuating the intoxicating effects of ethyl alcohol in a patient, by administering to a patient in need thereof, an alpha-2 adrenoceptor antagonist compound. Two preferred compounds useful in the present invention, each being a highly potent and selective alpha-2 adrenoceptor antagonist, are atipamezole and idazoxan.