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US 6,723,754 B2Granted
Use of COMT inhibitors as analgesics
AssigneeOrion Corporation
InventorsPäivi Aho, Inge-Britt Lindén
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Abstract
The use of COMT inhibitors in the treatment of control of pain in mammals, for example in animals and humans.
Claims6
A method for the treatment of pain, said method comprising administering to a mammal in need of treating pain an effective amount of a COMT inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof wherein the COMT inhibitor is a derivative of a catechol compound.
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