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US 7,745,404 B2Granted
Use of calcitonin and calcitonin-like peptides to treat and prevent multiple sclerosis
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsHector F. DeLuca, Terrence F. Meehan, Bryan R. Becklund, Margaret Clagett-Dame
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Abstract
Methods for treating and preventing multiple sclerosis by administering to a patient an effective amount of calcitonin, calcitonin-like peptides or calcitonin mimetics to a patient. Additionally, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D analogs can be used in combination with the calcitonin, calcitonin-like peptides or calcitonin mimetics.
Claims11
A method for treating multiple sclerosis symptoms comprising the steps of
- (a) selecting a multiple sclerosis patient in need thereof, and
- (b) administering an amount of salmon calcitonin to the patient, wherein the amount is sufficient to treat said multiple sclerosis symptoms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.