Methods for treating substance dependence

A - Human Necessities – 61 – K

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

A61K 31/195 (2006.01) A61K 31/197 (2006.01) A61P 25/32 (2006.01) A61P 25/36 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2703472

The present invention provides methods for treating alcohol dependence and preventing relapse in subjects in protracted alcohol abstinence. Also provided are methods for treating subjects suffering from cannabis dependence. Typically, these methods entail administering to the subjects in need of treatment a therapeutically effective amount of gabapentin, an analog of gabapentin, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

La présente invention porte sur des procédés permettant de traiter une dépendance à l'alcool et d'empêcher une rechute chez des sujets en abstinence à l'alcool longue durée. L'invention porte également sur des procédés permettant de traiter des sujets souffrant d'une dépendance au cannabis. Typiquement, ces procédés impliquent l'administration aux sujets qui ont besoin d'un traitement, d'une quantité thérapeutiquement efficace de gabapentine, d'un analogue de la gabapentine ou d'un sel pharmaceutiquement acceptable de celle-ci.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for Canadian inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Methods for treating substance dependence does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Methods for treating substance dependence, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Methods for treating substance dependence will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFCA-PAI-O-1891627

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.