Pharmaceutical composition comprising copper, salicylic acid, vitamin c and zinc for use in treatment of different diseases such as bacterial or viral infection
OwnerJohn Carterinventor
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Abstract
Therapeutic composition comprising (a) a physiologically acceptable source of assimilable copper; (b) salicylic acid or a physiologically acceptable derivative thereof; (c) vitamin C; and (d) a physiologically acceptable source of assimilable zinc; and method for the prevention or treatment of a respiratory disease, septicemia, cellulitis, AIDS, an autoimmune disease, or a bacteria or viral infection, in particular common cold or influenza, or for enhancing the immune system.
Claims33
Use of:
- (a) a physiologically acceptable source of assimilable copper,
- (b) salicylic acid or a physiologically acceptable derivative thereof;
- (c) vitamin C;
- and
- (d) a physiologically acceptable source of assimilable zinc, in the manufacture of a medicament for use in enhancing the mammalian immune system.
Use of:
- (a) a physiologically acceptable source of assimilable copper;
- (b) salicylic acid or a physiologically acceptable derivative thereof;
- (c) vitamin C;
- and
- (d) a physiologically acceptable source of assimilable zinc, in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of a bacterial or viral infection, a respiratory disease, septicaemia, cellulitis, ADS or an autoimmune disease.
Use according to claim 3, wherein the bacterial or viral infection is common cold or influenza.
Use according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the said metals are present in the form of oxides or salts with organic or inorganic acids.
Use according to any one of the preceding claims wherein components (a) and (b) are present as a copper salicylate complex.
Use of:
- (a) a physiologically acceptable source of assimilable copper, and
- (e) a physiologically acceptable source of assimilable manganese;
- in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the prevention or treatment of senile dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
A product containing:
- (a) a physiologically acceptable source of assimilable copper;
- and
- (e) a physiologically acceptable source of assimilable manganese, for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in the prevention or treatment of senile dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.