Method for the relief of pain
AssigneesGeorge F. and Irene Sherrill 1978 Trust No. 1, George F. and Irene Sherrill 1978 Trust No. 2
InventorGeorge F. Sherrill
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Abstract
There is disclosed an improved method for the relief in humans of pain which is susceptible to topical treatment comprising the topical application to the distressed areas of a person of an amount of an anesthetic composition effective to relieve said pain wherein the composition comprises captan and a surface-active bactericide. In its preferred embodiment, the bactericide comprises benzethonium chloride. The composition is preferably incorporated into a topical vehicle to facilitate its application to the distressed areas.
Claims20
A method for the relief in humans of pain which is susceptible to topical treatment comprising the topical application to the distressed areas of a person of an amount of an anesthetic composition effective to relieve said pain, wherein the composition comprises an effective amount of at least 0.1% captan and an effective amount of surface active quaternary ammonium salt bactericide.
A method for the relief in humans of pain which is susceptible to topical treatment comprising the topical application to the distressed areas of a person of an amount of an anesthetic composition effective to relieve said pain wherein the composition comprises from about 0.01 percent to about 10.0 percent by weight of captan and an effective amount of a surface-active bactericide selected from the group consisting of benzalkonium chloride, benzethonium chloride, methylbenzethonium chloride, tryclobisonium chloride, domiphen bromide.
A method for the relief in humans of pain which is susceptible of topical treatment comprising the topical application to the distressed areas of a person of an amount of an anesthetic preparation effective to relieve said pain, said preparation comprising a topical vehicle and a chemical composition including captan and benzethonium chloride, said captan being about 0.01 percent to about 10.0 percent by weight of said preparation and said benzethonium chloride being about 0.01 percent to about 3.0 percent by weight of said preparation.
A method for the relief in humans of pain which is susceptible of topical treatment comprising the topical application to the distressed areas of a person of an amount of an anesthetic preparation effective to relieve said pain, said preparation comprising about 1.0 percent by weight captan, about 0.10 percent by weight benzethonium chloride, about 0.02 percent by weight butylated hydroxy toluene, and about 98.8 percent by weight of a suitable topical vehicle.
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