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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert M Keenan, Baltimore, MD (US);
Dorothy K Hatsukami, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Pharmaco Behavioral Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514343 ; 514813 ; 514909 ;
Abstract
A therapeutic method is provided to alleviate tobacco withdrawal syndrome and/or the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal, comprising administering an amount of cotinine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a human in need of such treatment, which amount is effective to reduce or eliminate at least one of the symptoms of tobacco withdrawal syndrome or nicotine withdrawal.