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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
William Forbes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Enoch Bortey, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/437 (2006.01); A61K 31/7016 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); C07D 491/22 (2006.01); A61K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/437 (2013.01); A61K 31/7016 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); C07D 491/22 (2013.01); A61K 9/2054 (2013.01);
Abstract
Treatment of traveler's diarrhea using in subjects having hepatic encephalopathy using gastrointestinal specific antibiotics is disclosed. One example of a gastrointestinal specific antibiotic is rifaximin.