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Method and composition for relief of back pain

US4039682A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 1976
Grant dateAug 2, 1977
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Expiry dateMar 29, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K49/0452
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Back pain and other symptoms of intervertebral disk disease are relieved by injecting into the diseased intervertebral disk of the back an aqueous solution of, for example, in each milliliter of solution: 3.5 mg. of cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate; 0.37 mg. of disodium edetate dihydrate; 1 mg. of sodium bisulfite, 20 mg. of sodium iothalamate; and sufficient sodium hydroxide to provide a pH of about 6.5 to the solution. The solution is free of proteolytic enzymes.

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