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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1992
Craig E Caufield, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
John H Musser, Alameda, CA (US);
Surendra N Sehgal, Princeton, NJ (US);
American Home Products Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
This invention provides a method of treating immunionflammatory skin disease in a mammal in need thereof which comprises administering an antiimmunoinflammatory amount of rapamycin, alone or in combination with cyclosporin A, orally, parenterally, intranasally, intrabronchially, topically, transdermally, or rectally. As such, rapamycin, alone or in combination with cyclosporin A, is useful in treating skin diseases such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, eczematous dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, Lichen planus, Pemphigus, bulus pemphigoid, Epidermolysis bullosa, urticaria, angioedemas, vasculitides, erythemas, cutaneous eosinphilias, and the like.