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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2005
Applicants:
Antonino Amato, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Menotti Calvani, Rome, IT;
Inventors:
Antonino Amato, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Menotti Calvani, Rome, IT;
Assignee:
Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Pomezia, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/205 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Acetyl L-carnitine, or of one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, is useful for the prevention of painful peripheral neuropathy in patients suffering from type 2 diabetes, in which symptoms are pain, paraesthesia or hyperaesthesia. The acetyl L-carnitine is administered orally at a dose of at least 3 grams/day.