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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:
Jun. 11, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Drell, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424439 ; 424459 ; 424460 ; 424461 ; 424462 ; 424463 ; 424475 ; 424476 ; 424477 ; 424478 ; 424479 ; 424480 ; 424481 ; 424482 ;
Abstract
A method for treating azaribine-responsive diseases in patient's who exhibit severe pyridoxal phosphate depletion following the oral administration of azaribine comprises first encapsulating azaribine in a film-forming substance which is selectively soluble in the digestive juice of the intestines. The encapsulated azaribine is then orally administered to the patient in an amount effective for the treatment of the disease, preferably in an amount to provide from about 1.5 to about 15 grams of azaribine per square meter of patient body surface area per day.