Method and agents for control and management of labor during pregnancy
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsMichael R. Harrison, Russell W. Jennings, Thomas E. MacGillivray, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Michael A. Heymann, Robert K. Riemer, Eileen S. Natuzzi
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Abstract
A method for control, management and inhibition of a preterm labor by providing to a pregnant woman a donor of nitric oxide. Management and inhibition of preterm labor is achieved by administering to a pregnant woman a nitric oxide or donor source in a safe and non-toxic concentration during the preterm labor.
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A method for control, management and inhibition of a preterm labor comprising administering to a pregnant woman experiencing preterm labor before the 37th week of gestation a composition consisting essentially of a nitric oxide source capable of increasing or maintaining a level of nitric oxide in utero and decreasing the preterm labor contraction.
A method for control, management and inhibition of a preterm labor comprising administering to a pregnant mammal experiencing the preterm labor before its due term, a composition consisting essentially of a nitric oxide source capable of increasing or maintaining a level of nitric oxide in utero and decreasing the preterm labor contractions by at least 31%.
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