Published May 6, 2003
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Use of methylnaltrexone and related compounds to treat chronic opioid use side affects
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- 1. University of Chicago
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Description
A method of preventing or treating an opioid-induced side effect in a patient who has been chronically taking opioids, the method comprising administering a quaternary derivative of noroxymorphone in an amount sufficient to prevent or treat the side effect in the patient, but which amount would be insufficient to treat a patient with the same opioid-induced side effect who had not chronically been administered opioids.
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- Patent application number
- US 66935800 A
- Patent number
- US 6559158 B1
- Other
- oai:uchicago.tind.io:9417
Dates
- Patent filed
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2000-09-26