Nitric oxide donor composition and method for treatment of anal disorders
OwnerStephen R. Gorfineinventor
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Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition contains a nitric oxide donor and advantageously an optional corticosteroid and/or topical anesthetic. The composition is useful in a method for treating anal disorders such as anal fissure, anal ulcer, hemorrhoidal disease, levator spasm, and so forth, by topical application to or proximate the affected area.
Claims26
A method for ameliorating pain in a human patient associated with an anal disorder selected from one or more of the group consisting of anal fissure, anal ulcer, and hemorrhoidal disease, comprising administering an effective amount of an organic nitric oxide donor proximate to, or to, the affected area of the patient, and wherein said method the pain is ameliorated.
A method of treating a human patient having pain associated with an anal fissure, anal ulcer, or hemorrhoid, comprising applying a composition comprising an effective amount of an organic compound which can release nitric oxide under physiological or anal disease treatment conditions and a physiologically acceptable carrier to an area proximate to, or to, the affected area-of the patient, wherein said method the pain is ameliorated.
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