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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edwin K Jackson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Joseph A Carcillo, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514392 ;
Abstract
Methods are provided for treating sepsis/endotoxin-induced acute renal failure, and renal vasoconstriction and catecholamine-induced renal and mesenteric vasconstriction by administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising at least one drug with Type IV phosphodiesterase inhibiting activity or any combination thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.