Method using sturgeon notochord for alleviating the symptoms of arthritis
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsSeiji Aoyagi, Stephen J. DeMichele, Paul W. Johns, Terrence B. Mazer
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Abstract
This invention provides a composition comprising notochord and extracts thereof in therapeutic amounts. The invention more specifically relates to a method of treating arthritis in mammals, more particularly rheumatoid arthritis in humans through the enteral administration of notochord, notochord extracts or mixtures thereof. In a preferred embodiment, collagen obtained from sturgeon is enterally administered to a human at from 1.0 .mu.g to 1.05 gms per day.
Claims15
A method for reducing the incidence of the symptoms of arthritis in a mamal, comprising orally administering to said mamal a composition comprising a component selected from the group consisting of chordate notochord, extracts of chordate notochord and mixtures thereof in an amount and for a time effective to alleviate such symptoms.
A process for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in an animal, comprising orally ingesting therapeutic quantities of notochord or an extract of notochord that has been removed from an animal of the Osteichthyes order or Acipenseridae family and comminuted.
A method for treating rheumatoid arthritis in a human in need of such treatment comprising oral administration to said human of an amount of a component selected from notochord, extracts of notochord and mixtures thereof, said amount being effective to decrease at least one artritis symptom.
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