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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2002
George Kunos, Bethesda, MD (US);
Raj K. Razdan, Gloucester, MA (US);
George Kunos, Bethesda, MD (US);
Raj K. Razdan, Gloucester, MA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Organix Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and compounds for reversing pathological vasodilation of blood vessels, for example vasodilation caused by activation of CB1-like receptors, by administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound sufficient to induce vasoconstriction, the compound comprising: wherein dashed lines independently represent either a single or a double bond, Ris a lower alkyl, Ris a lower alkyl, Ris a lower alkyl or halogen, Ris a lower alkyl or hydrogen, Ris a lower alkyl or hydrogen, Ris a hydrogen, lower alkyl or halogen, and Ris a hydrogen, lower alkyl or halogen. The vasoconstrictor can be used for a variety of purposes, including hemostasis or the treatment of shock, for example vasodilatory shock syndromes such as septic shock.