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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1999
Narayan Athanikar, Irvine, CA (US);
Josman Laboratories, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to concomitant treatment with bismuth compounds, other antibacterial compounds, and/or antibiotics in oral-topical and peroral dosage forms to eradicate from its niches both in the dental plaque and in the gastric mucosa in order to improve the ulcer cure rate and prevent ulcer relapse. The invention also provides oral topical dosage forms with pharmaceutically usable bismuth compounds, other antibacterial compounds, and/or antibiotics that eradicate or reduce in dental plaque. The invention further provides for treatment with bismuth compounds, other antibacterial compounds, and/or antibiotics which are effective against and which are responsible for causing halitosis. The invention also provides bismuth compounds which have applications in wound healing, particularly in ocular and dermal wound healing.