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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. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas K Hughes, Jr, Galveston, TX (US);
Charlotte S Larned, Galveston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 851 ; 424 854 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses the use of a anti-cachexia agent with an antiviral agent, preferably used as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of viral infections. The anti-cachexia agent acts to potentiate the antiviral activity of the antiviral agent as much as several hundred fold. The anti-cachexia agent also acts to decrease, or halt the anti-proliferative or host destroying activities of the antiviral agent. The most preferred anti-cachexia agent of the present invention is hydrazine sulfate. The most preferred antiviral agent of the present invention is interferon, tumor necrosis factor or any combination thereof.