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US 2002/0120002 A1Published application
Use of melatonin analogues for induction of general anesthesia
AssigneeUniversity of Iowa Research Foundation
InventorsMax T. Baker, Mohamed Naguib Attala
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Abstract
Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine), or its biologically active analogues, are used to induce anesthesia.
Claims17
An anesthetic composition comprising:
- a pharmaceutically acceptable anesthetic carrier, and an anesthetic inducing effective amount of a biologically active analogue of N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine.
A method of inducing sedative, hypnotic and/or sleep effect as well as general anesthesia, comprising:
- administering to a patient an effective amount of a biologically active analogue N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine.
An anesthetic composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier which is a mixed solvent of methyl-2-pyrrolidineone, propyl glycol and water, and an anesthetic inducing effective amount of a biologically active analogue of acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine.
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