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US 4,906,637 AGranted
Traumatic and ischemic brain injury treatment with opiate-receptor antagonists
OwnerAlan I. Fadeninventor
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Abstract
The present invention involves methods of inducing opiate-receptor antagonistic activity in a patient suffering from ischemic or traumatic brain injury by administering to said patient an effective amount of an opiate-receptor antagonist having enhanced activity at the kappa-opiate receptor suitable to permit the induction of opiate-receptor antagonistic activity.
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A method of treating a patient suffering from ischemic or traumatic brain injury which comprises parentally administering to said patient an effective amount of a kappa-opiate-receptor antagonist suitable to permit the induction of kappa-opiate-receptor antagonistic activity.
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