Method of treating osteoarthritis
OwnerKenneth S. Kilgore, Denis J. Schrierinventors
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method of preventing and treating osteoarthritis and inhibiting cartilage damage by administering a compound which is a 2,3,3a,4,5,6,7,7a-octahydroindol-2-carboxylic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or salt thereof.
Claims8
A method of inhibiting cartilage damage in a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal a cartilage damage inhibiting effective amount of a 2,3,3a,4,5,6,7,7a-octahydroindol-2-carboxylic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A method of treating osteoarthritis in a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a 2,3,3a,4,5,6,7,7a-octahydroindol-2-carboxylic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A method of alleviating pain, inflammatory pain, osteoarthritic pain, or pain caused by cartilage damage in a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a 2,3,3a,4,5,6,7,7a-octahydroindol-2-carboxylic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A pharmaceutical composition, comprising a 2,3,3a,4,5,6,7,7a-octahydroindol-2-carboxylic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent, or excipient, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is a solid dosage form suitable for oral administration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.