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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Susan McElroy, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1385 ; A61K 3/135 ; A61K 3/1335 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1385 ; A61K 3/135 ; A61K 3/1335 ;
Abstract
Impulse Control Disorders (ICD's) are characterized by harmful behaviors performed in response to irresistible impulses. The essential feature of an ICD is the failure to resist an impulse, drive, or temptation and to perform an act that is harmful to the person or to others. The present invention comprises methods for the treatment or prevention of ICD's using a class of sulfamates of the following formula: