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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank S. Caruso, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Fredrick L. Minn, Blue Bell, PA (US);
John W. Lyle, Belmar, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/22 ; A61K 9/52 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/22 ; A61K 9/52 ;
Abstract
The effectiveness of an anticonvulsant such as gabapentin for alleviating neuropathic pain is potentiated by a nontoxic antagonist for the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor or nontoxic substance that blocks a major intracellular consequence of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor activation.