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US 2018/0008592 A1Published application
Treatment of uremic pruritus
OwnerThomas Sciascia, Jennifer L. Good +1inventors
InventorsThomas Sciascia, Jennifer L. Good, Amale Hawi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for treating uremic pruritus with anti-pruritic compositions, wherein the method provides a therapeutic effect in a patient.
Claims44
A method of treating uremic pruritus, comprising administering for at least a week to a patient in need thereof, a daily dose of at least about 120 mg of an anti-pruritus agent, wherein the anti-pruritus agent is nalbuphine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and wherein after said treating the patient experiences a substantial reduction in itch compared to prior to said treating.
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