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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eliezer Rapaport, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/17076 ; A61K 3/152 ; C12P 1/932 ; C07M 1/920 ; C07M 1/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/17076 ; A61K 3/152 ; C12P 1/932 ; C07M 1/920 ; C07M 1/904 ;
Abstract
The invention discloses methods for the chronic administration of adenosine, which contrary to the acute delivery of the drug by injection or infusion, acts in desensitizing adenosine receptors towards the action of adenosine. The methods and oral compositions of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is degraded to adenosine in vivo, can be used in the treatment of disorders and diseases that are therapeutically targeted by agonists or antagonists of adenosine receptors. One example is the stimulation of lipolysis in achieving weight loss in humans and in the treatment of obesity.