Patent · US Expired

Treatment of ethanol withdrawal symptoms with levodopa

US3995058A · kind A · utility

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3Claims

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Assignee

Miles Laboratories, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael D. Hammond · Dakota Dunes, US
Cyril Schneider · Grover Beach, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 28, 1975
Grant date	Nov 30, 1976
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 28, 1995

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61K31/195
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Levodopa or a composition comprising levodopa and a peripheral dopa decarboxylase inhibitor prevents or suppresses ethanol withdrawal symptoms in individuals abstaining from ethanol in a post-intoxicated state.

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