Details for Patent: 6,559,158

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Summary for Patent: 6,559,158

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Title:	Use of methylnaltrexone and related compounds to treat chronic opioid use side affects
Abstract:	A method of preventing or treating an opioid-induced side effect in a patient who has been chronically taking opioids, the method comprising administering a quaternary derivative of noroxymorphone in an amount sufficient to prevent or treat the side effect in the patient, but which amount would be insufficient to treat a patient with the same opioid-induced side effect who had not chronically been administered opioids.
Inventor(s):	Foss; Joseph F. (Chicago, IL), Roizen; Michael F. (Chicago, IL), Moss; Jonathan (Chicago, IL), Yuan; Chun-Su (Chicago, IL), Drell; William (San Diego, CA)
Assignee:	UR Labs, Inc. (Reno, NV) The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Application Number:	09/669,358
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