Methods of Alleviating Disorders and Their Associated Pain
OwnerBruce H. Levininventor
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Abstract
The invention relates generally to the field of treatment of headache, post-laminectomy syndrome, and other disorders associated with localized pain. The compositions and methods described herein are useful for alleviating both the disorders and the pain associated therewith.
Claims41
A method of alleviating localized pain associated with a disorder in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient an anti-inflammatory agent in an amount effective to suppress inflammation at a first site on a nerve that enervates the body location at which the pain occurs, wherein the first site is located along the nerve between the spinal cord and the body location.
The method of claim 285, wherein the anti-inflammatory agent comprises a cox-2 inhibitor.
A method of alleviating localized pain associated with a disorder in a patient, the method comprising locally administering an active portion of a botulinum toxin to the patient at a first site on a nerve that enervates the body location at which the pain occurs in an amount effective to alleviate pain, wherein the first site is located along the nerve between the spinal cord and the body location.
A method of alleviating a disorder associated with in localized pain a patient, the method comprising locally administering an active portion of a botulinum toxin to the patient at a first site on a nerve that enervates the body location at which the pain occurs in an amount effective to alleviate the disorder, wherein the first site is located along the nerve between the spinal cord and the body location.
A method of alleviating a disorder associated with localized pain in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient an anti-inflammatory agent in an amount effective to suppress inflammation at a first site on a nerve that enervates the body location at which the pain occurs, wherein the first site is located along the nerve between the spinal cord and the body location.
A method of alleviating localized pain associated with a disorder in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient an anti-inflammatory agent in an amount effective to alleviate the pain.
A method of alleviating a disorder associated with localized pain in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient an anti-inflammatory agent in an amount effective to alleviate the disorder.
A method of alleviating localized pain associated with a disorder in a patient, the method comprising locally administering to the patient an anti-inflammatory agent in an amount effective to alleviate the pain.
A method of alleviating a disorder associated with localized pain in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient an anti-inflammatory agent in an amount effective to alleviate the disorder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.