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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:
Dec. 03, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph G Masterson, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
Elan Corporation, PLC, Athlone, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424401 ; 424440 ; 424445 ; 424447 ; 424448 ; 424449 ; 424451 ; 424464 ; 514356 ; 514926 ; 514944 ; 514969 ;
Abstract
A method of using nicotine in the treatment of various conditions susceptible to alleviation by nicotine therapy such as disease states characterized by reduced central cholinergic function. Nicotine is administered to a subject initially having a blood supply substantially free of nicotine at a dose and for a period sufficient to allow the subject to tolerate the dose and thereafter increasing the dose of nicotine at intervals until a therapeutic dose is achieved. Smokers may also benefit from the treatment regimen.