Method for the treatment of ulcerative proctitis and colitis
AssigneeAktiebolaget Astra
InventorsB. Hakan J. Ahlman, Stellan Bjorck, Annica B. Dahlstrom
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Abstract
A method for treatment of ulcerative colitis (and sequelae to surgically treated colitis, for instance ileal pouchiris) and ulcerative proctitis comprising administration to a patient suffering therefrom of a therapeutically effective amount of a local anaesthetic or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, preferably lidocaine hydrochloride in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable preparation.
Claims5
A method for restoring mucosol integrity in a patient suffering from ulcerative proctitis and ulcerative colitis comprising local administration to the reactal/colonic mucosa of the patient of an effective amount of a composition comprising a local anaesthetic or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and wherein the composition does not contain antiseptics which cause irrigative effects.
A method for restoring mucosal integrity in a surgically treated ulcerative colitis patient suffering from ileal pouchitis comprising local administration to the rectal/colonic mucosa of the patient of an effective amount of a composition comprising a local anaesthetic or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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