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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:
Mar. 03, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Zola P Horovitz, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abraham Sudilovsky, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424451 ; 424464 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for treating addiction to a drug of abuse such as nicotine, cocaine or diazepam, by inhibiting appetitie or desire for such drug by administering an ACE inhibitor, such as captopril, fosinopril, zofenopril or SQ 29,852, alone or in combination with a calcium channel blocker such as diltiazem or nifedipine, over a prolonged period of treatment.