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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fiona Kate Gardiner, Beverley, GB;
Assignee:
Reckitt & Colman Products Limited, Windsor, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1335 ; A61K 3/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1335 ; A61K 3/116 ;
Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal pain and/or bloating or abdominal distension, the composition including a carrier vehicle and a vanilloid compound. The carrier vehicle enables the vanilloid compound to be released in the lower gastrointestinal tract. The vanilloid compound has the effect of desensitizing nerves in the lower gastrointestinal tract, thereby leading to symptomatic relief. Preferred vanilloid compounds are capsaicin and resiniferatoxin.