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Method for treating substance abuse disorders

US5565455A · kind A · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Pharmacia AB · SE

Inventors

Anders Bjork · Bjärred, SE
Gunnar Andersson

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 1994
Grant date	Oct 15, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61P43/00
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for relief or prevention of a withdrawal syndrome resulting from addiction to a drug or substance of abuse and/or for the suppression of dependence on drugs or substances of abuse which comprises administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a bisphenylalkylpiperazinde derivative, wherein said withdrawal syndrome comprises at least one of the symptoms selected from the group consisting of sleep disturbance, mood disturbance, and craving for the drug or substance of abuse.

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