Method and composition for relief of back pain
US4039682A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 29, 1976 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 1996 |
Classification
- 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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