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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2001
Douglas Shytle, Lutz, FL (US);
Paul Sanberg, Spring Hill, FL (US);
Mary Newman, Valrico, FL (US);
Archie A. Silver, Tampa, FL (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
Medical conditions are treated by administering a therapeutically effective amount of exo-S-mecamylamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, substantially free of its exo-R-mecamylamine, said amount being sufficient to ameliorate the medical condition. The medical conditions include substance addiction (involving nicotine, cocaine, alcohol, amphetamine, opiate, other psychostimulant and a combination thereof), Tourette's Syndrome, and neuropsychiatric disorders (such as bipolar disorder, depression, an anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, a seizure disorder, Parkinson's disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).