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US 7,119,118 B2Granted
Highly purified ethyl EPA and other EPA derivatives for treatment of huntington's disease
AssigneeLaxdale Limited
InventorsMalcolm Peet, Krishna S Vaddadi
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Abstract
A pharmaceutical preparation comprising EPA in an appropriately assimilable form where of all the fatty acids present in the preparation at least 90%, and preferably at least 95%, is in the form of EPA and where less than 5%, and preferably less than 3%, is in the form of DHA is provided for the treatment of a psychiatric or central nervous disorder. The preparation may be administered with conventional drugs to treat psychiatric or central nervous disorders to improve their efficacy or reduce their side effects.
Claims20
A method of treating Huntington's disease
- comprising administering to a subject a pharmaceutical preparation consisting essentially of EPA in an appropriately assimilable form, wherein of all the fatty acids present in the preparation at least 90% by weight is in the form of EPA, and wherein less than 5% by weight is in the form of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
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