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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1999
Todd R. Henderson, Jarrettsville, MD (US);
Barbara E. Corson, Fawn Grove, PA (US);
Tarek Hammad, Baltimore, MD (US);
Medhat Soliman, Minya, EG;
Louis Lippiello, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Nutramax Laboratories, Inc., Edgewood, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions for the protection, treatment and repair of connective tissues in humans and animals comprising any or all of anabolic, anti-catabolic, and anti-oxidant agents, including aminosugars, S-adenosylmethionine, arachadonic acid, GAGs, pentosan, collagen type II, tetracyclines or tetracycline-like compounds, diacerin, super oxide dismutase, and L-ergothionine and to methods of treating humans and animals by administration of these novel compositions to humans and animals in need thereof.