Use of opioid receptor antagonists for acute treatment of paraphilic arousal states
OwnerKlaus M Beier, Michael Dittgen +2inventors
InventorsKlaus M Beier, Michael Dittgen, Eike Dittgen, Alfred Pauls
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an opioid receptor antagonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in a method of acute treatment of paraphilic sexual arousal states in patients suffering from paraphilia.
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Method of acute treatment of a paraphilic sexual arousal state, comprising administering an effective dose of an opioid receptor antagonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient suffering from a paraphilia, wherein the opioid receptor antagonist is a 3,14-dihydroxy-4,5-epoxymorphinan-6-on compound in which the hydrogen of N at position 17 is substituted by a methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, isobutyl, cyclopropylmethyl, allyl, benzyl or phenethyl group.
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