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Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2003
Applicants:

Reid M. Rubsamen, Alamo, CA (US);

Robert Cole, Alamo, CA (US);

James Blanchard, El Granada, CA (US);

Jeffrey Schuster, Berkeley, CA (US);

Lawrence Linn, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

John Thipphawong, Belmont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Reid M. Rubsamen, Alamo, CA (US);

Robert Cole, Alamo, CA (US);

James Blanchard, El Granada, CA (US);

Jeffrey Schuster, Berkeley, CA (US);

Lawrence Linn, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

John Thipphawong, Belmont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Aradigm Corporation, Hayward, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/12 (2006.01); A61K 9/14 (2006.01); A61K 31/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods are provided for increasing libido and/or treating erectile dysfunction in a man. The methods include the administration of a formulation testosterone alone, another fast-acting drug to treat erectile dysfunction or a combination of the testosterone and the other drug where at least one is delivered by aersolization. The formulation is preferably aerosolized and inhaled into a patient's lungs where particles of testosterone and/or the fast-acting erectile dysfunction drug deposits on lung tissue and then enter the patient's circulatory system.


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