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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Applicants:
S. George Kottayil, Duluth, GA (US);
Jeffrey H. Ping, Suwanee, GA (US);
Inventors:
S. George Kottayil, Duluth, GA (US);
Jeffrey H. Ping, Suwanee, GA (US);
Assignee:
Revogenex Ireland Ltd., Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/135 (2006.01); A61K 31/138 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/485 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/135 (2013.01); A61K 31/138 (2013.01); A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 31/485 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating pain, e.g., acute post-operative pain, by administering to a human patient(s) a therapeutically effective dose of tramadol intravenously over a prolonged time period is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the dose is intravenously administered in a time period from about 10 minutes to about 3 hours, preferably from about 10 minutes to about 30 minutes. In other embodiments, intravenous doses are administered at suitable time intervals over a time period from about 3 hours to 48 hours.