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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:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Enoch Callaway, Tiburon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424464 ; 424451 ; 424484 ; 514304 ; 514557 ; 514161 ; 514813 ;
Abstract
A method for relieving craving in a nicotine-habituated patient and a composition for treating the patient is provided. The composition administered has a non-specific acetylcholine agonist and a muscarinic agonist. A particularly preferred composition for relieving craving takes the form of a tablet where the first component is a water soluble physostigmine and the second component is a water soluble scopolamine. Patients treated have reported a slight increase in alertness and a diminished craving for nicotine.