US 2002/0173551 A1 · Bupropion to treat viral diseases

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and composition for the treatment and prevention of a viral infection in a human or animal subject by administering bupropion or a physiologically acceptable salt, solvate or enantiomer thereof. Preferably, the virus is a virus of the Herpes family or condition caused thereby, particularly HSV1 or HSV2.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A method of treating or preventing a viral infection comprising administering an effective amount of bupropion or a physiologically acceptable salt, solvate or enantiomer of bupropion to an animal in need thereof.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/178,498Filed 25 Jun 2002

Priority

AU PCT/AU99/010897 Dec 1999

Published

21 Nov 2002

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A61K 31/137
Having aromatic rings , e.g. ketamine, nortriptyline: arylalkylamines, e.g. amphetamine, epinephrine, salbutamol, ephedrine or methadone
A61K 31/522
Purines, e.g. adenine: having oxo groups directly attached to the heterocyclic ring, e.g. hypoxanthine, guanine, acyclovir
A61P 31/12
Antiinfectives, i.e. antibiotics, antiseptics, chemotherapeutics: antivirals
A61P 31/22
For DNA viruses: for herpes viruses

Family

Application60/135,494Us provisional application · filed 8 Dec 1998

Application09/787,024Continuation · filed 11 Jan 2002

Application10/178,498Continuation · filed 25 Jun 2002

US 6,512,011 B1Related patent

US 2002/0173551 A1This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Abstract

Facts

Application

10/178,498Filed 25 Jun 2002

Priority

AU PCT/AU99/010897 Dec 1999

Published

21 Nov 2002

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A61K 31/137
Having aromatic rings , e.g. ketamine, nortriptyline: arylalkylamines, e.g. amphetamine, epinephrine, salbutamol, ephedrine or methadone
A61K 31/522
Purines, e.g. adenine: having oxo groups directly attached to the heterocyclic ring, e.g. hypoxanthine, guanine, acyclovir
A61P 31/12
Antiinfectives, i.e. antibiotics, antiseptics, chemotherapeutics: antivirals
A61P 31/22
For DNA viruses: for herpes viruses

Family

Application60/135,494Us provisional application · filed 8 Dec 1998

Application09/787,024Continuation · filed 11 Jan 2002

Application10/178,498Continuation · filed 25 Jun 2002

US 6,512,011 B1Related patent

US 2002/0173551 A1This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Bupropion to treat viral diseases

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Abstract

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Bupropion to treat viral diseases

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Abstract

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