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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G Kilbourn, Houston, TX (US);
Steven S Gross, New York, NY (US);
Owen W Griffith, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignees:
Board of Regents, The University Of Texus System, Austin, TX (US);
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514565 ; 514 12 ; 514930 ; 514648 ;
Abstract
The present invention involves a method for prophylaxis or treatment of an animal for systemic hypotension induced by endotoxin and/or a biological response modifier such as the cytokines, IFN, TNF, IL-1 or IL-2 and the like. The method involves administering, preferably intravascularly, a therapeutically effective amount of dobutamine and an inhibitor of nitric oxide formation from arginine.