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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2008
Applicant:
Leon F. Tseng, New Berlin, WI (US);
Inventor:
Leon F. Tseng, New Berlin, WI (US);
Assignee:
MCW Research Foundation, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 43/42 (2006.01); A61K 31/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates a method of treating drug addiction in an individual by administering to the addicted individual a therapeutically effective amount of dextro-morphine capable of activating an opioid receptor. It is disclosed here that dextro-morphine is suitable for treating addiction to natural opiates, semi-synthetic opiates, fully synthetic opioids, and endogenous opioid peptides, as well as nicotine.