Pharmaceutical composition based on cocaethylene and use thereof for treating psychoactive substance dependence
AssigneeDebussy Holding SA
InventorsWilliam Lowenstein, Mario Sanchez, Benedicte Lepere-Prevot, Benjamin De Rothschild
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising cocaethylene as active ingredient and to its use in treating dependence on psychoactive substances, in particular on cocaine.
Claims14
Pharmaceutical composition comprising, as active ingredient, the ethyl ester of benzoylecgonine, in the form of the free base of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, in the form of a chewing gum or sublingual tablets.
A method of treating dependence on psychoactive substances comprising administering to a person dependent on a psychoactive substance a composition comprising, as active ingredient, the ethyl ester of benzoylecgonine, in the form of the free base or of its pharmacceutically acceptable salts, in the form of a chewing-gum or sublingual tablets.
A method of treating mental conditions concomitant with the use of psychoactive substances in the context of psychological pathologies comprising administering to a person being treated for said mental condition a composition comprising, as active ingredient, the ethyl ester of benzoylecgonine or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.