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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph S Adorante, Irvine, CA (US);
Elizabeth WoldeMussie, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Guadalupe Ruiz, Corona, CA (US);
Assignee:
Allergan, Waco, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 7804 ; 514912 ; 514913 ; 514914 ;
Abstract
Pharmaceutical compositions and a method are disclosed for treating glaucoma and/or ocular hypertension in the mammalian eye by administering to the mammalian eye the pharmaceutical composition of the invention which contains, as the active ingredient, one or more compounds having potassium channel blocking activity. Examples of potassium channel blockers utilized in the pharmaceutical composition and method of treatment are quinine, tremogenic indole alkaloids, such as Penitrem A and paspalicine, and insect toxins such as charybdotoxin and iberiotoxin.