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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2004
Applicants:
George R. Ehring, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Joseph S. Adorante, Irvine, CA (US);
John E. Donello, Dana Point, CA (US);
Larry A. Wheeler, Irvine, CA (US);
Thomas Malone, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
George R. Ehring, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Joseph S. Adorante, Irvine, CA (US);
John E. Donello, Dana Point, CA (US);
Larry A. Wheeler, Irvine, CA (US);
Thomas Malone, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 43/06 (2006.01); A61K 31/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of treating chronic pain in a mammal by administering to the mammal an effective amount of a selective persistent sodium channel antagonist that has at least 20-fold selectivity for persistent sodium current relative to transient sodium current.