Use of medicaments
OwnerSteven Etheridgeinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides the use of frequency dependent voltage activated sodium channel blockers particularly lamotrigine in the prevention of noise induced hearing loss.
Claims6
Use of a frequency dependent voltage activated sodium channel blocker or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention of noise induced hearing loss.
A method of preventing noise induced hearing loss in a patient suffering from, or susceptible to, said disorder, which method comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a frequency dependent voltage activated sodium channel blocker or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.
A pharmaceutical formulation comprising a frequency dependent voltage activated sodium channel blocker or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, together with one or more acceptable carriers or diluents therefor for use in the prevention of noise induced hearing loss.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.