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Method for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

US5380522A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 1992
Grant dateJan 10, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 11, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K31/785
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of treating irritable bowel syndrome, including diarrhea, constipation, and pain aspects thereof, in a human patient, whereby the method involves the step of orally administering to the human patient an amount of an anion-binding polymer and a hydrophilic polymer, either simultaneously, concurrently, or in the form of a pharmaceutical composition wherein the anion-binding polymer and the hydrophilic polymer alleviate irritable bowel syndrome.

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