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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
David J Mayer, Richmond, VA (US);
Donald D Price, Richmond, VA (US);
Jianren Mao, Richmond, VA (US);
John W Lyle, Belmar, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514289 ; 514647 ;
Abstract
Chronic pain is alleviated in a mammal suffering therefrom by administering to the mammal a chronic pain alleviating amount of a nontoxic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist such as dextromethorphan, dextrorphan, ketamine or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, alone or in combination with a local anesthetic and optionally in sustained release dosage form.