Patent · US Expired

Method for treating substance abuse withdrawal

US5732717A · kind A · utility

16Cited by

20References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

August Masaru Watanabe · Carmel, US
Thomas F. Bumol · Carmel, US
Mitchell I. Steinberg · Indianapolis, US
Mary Jeanne Kallman · Greenfield, US
Kurt Rasmussen · Fishers, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 12, 1996
Grant date	Mar 31, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 12, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S977/907
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention provides a method for treating a condition resulting from the cessation or withdrawal of tobacco or nicotine, opioids, ethanol or combinations thereof comprising administering an effective amount of 4-chloro-5-(imidazoline-2-y(amino)-6-methoxy-2-methylpyrimidine.

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