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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2000
Applicants:
Hiroo Kumagai, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Saruta, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroo Kumagai, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Saruta, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Toray Industries, Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/567 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/16 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for examining a disease includes measuring plural opioid peptides or opioid receptors in blood cell, body fluid, or tissue and calculating the ratio thereof. The method can be specifically applied to pruritic diseases. The invented method for examination can determine whether opioids are involved in a pruritic disease and can determine whether therapy with an opioid agonistic and/or antagonistic antipruritus agent is appropriate or not.