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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leonard Cook, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514279 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of treating psychosis in a mammal which comprises administering to the mammal an effective amount of a dopamine receptor antagonist antipsychotic and a sigma receptor antagonist having greater affinity for sigma receptors than for dopamine receptors, in an amount effective to selectively enhance the antipsychotic effects of the dopamine receptor antagonist relative to the adverse side effects of the dopamine receptor antagonist.