Method and compositions for reducing neurotoxic injury
US4806543A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 25, 1986 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P25/28
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for reducing adverse effects of neurotoxic injury, which comprises administering to a patient susceptible to neurotoxic injury an effective amount, sufficient to reduce the injury, of a compound which is an enantiomer of an analgesic opioid agonist or antagonist, preferably an opiate agonist having a ring system of the following stereochemistry, which shows only carbon and nitrogen atoms in the rings: ##STR1## The dextrorotatory opiates, dextrorphan and dextromethorphan, are particularly suitable for use in the method of the invention.
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