US 5,352,699 AGranted

Use of retinioc acid to treat vaginal atrophy

AssigneeUniversity of Massachusetts Medical Center

InventorConnie Jackson

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Abstract

A method for the treatment of vaginal atrophy in a human patient in which retinoic acid is administered topically to the patient's vagina.

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Dependent claims

A method of treating vaginal atrophy in a human patient comprising topically administering retinoic acid to said patient's vagina, said retinoic acid being administered in a dosage sufficient to ameliorate the symptoms of vaginal atrophy.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/150,763Filed 12 Nov 1993 · continuation
Priority: 30 Apr 1992
Granted: 4 Oct 1994
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A61K 31/20
Carboxylic acids, e.g. valproic acid: having a carboxyl group bound to a chain of seven or more carbon atoms, e.g. stearic, palmitic, arachidic acids
A61K 31/07
Hydroxy compounds, e.g. alcohols; Salts thereof, e.g. alcoholates: retinol compounds, e.g. vitamin A
A61K 33/30
Heavy metals; Compounds thereof: zinc; Compounds thereof
A61K
Medicines and medical preparations

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Serial876,495Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Apr 1992
US 5,352,699 AThis patent

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