Therapeutic agent for disc herniation
AssigneeSeikagaku Corporation
InventorsTaiichi Sirogane, Takao Murayama, Masafumi Yaguchi
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Abstract
The present invention provides a therapeutic agent for disc herniation, which has extremely few adverse side effects, can achieve a prolonged pain-ameliorating effect when administered in only a single dose, and can exhibit a high therapeutic effect and high safety in clinical applications. The present invention relates to a therapeutic agent for disc herniation, which is characterized by containing chondroitinase ABC as an active ingredient and being administered in such a manner that the ingredient can be administered into a human disk in an amount of 1-8 units per disk.
Claims4
A method for treating disc herniation, comprising:
- administering chondroitinase ABC into a human disc of a patient with disc herniation in an effective amount of 1-3 units per disc.
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