Composition and method for the palliation of pain associated with diseases of the bone and bone joints
US5902825A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 11, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K47/541
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A therapeutic composition and method of using the same for the palliation or relief of pain in patients having diseases which affect the bone and bone joints including metastatic bone cancer, arthritis, and other inflammatory arthropathies. The therapeutic composition comprises as the active agent a complex formed of non-radioactive metal ions and organic phosphonic acid ligands, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
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