Published May 6, 2003 | Version v1
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Use of methylnaltrexone and related compounds to treat chronic opioid use side affects

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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Identifiers

Patent application number
US 66935800 A
Patent number
US 6559158 B1
Other
oai:uchicago.tind.io:9417

Dates

Patent filed
2000-09-26

UChicago Information

Division(s)
Biological Sciences Division
Department(s)
Anesthesia and Critical Care