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US 6,881,756 · App. 10/245,670 · Granted Apr 19, 2005

Method for treating skin disorders

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Patent No.
US 6,881,756
App. No.
10/245,670
Granted
Apr 19, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for reducing inflammation in the skin and/or treating inflammatory skin disorders, pain, or pruritis by topically applying a composition comprising totarol or a pharmaceutically-acceptable ester thereof.

Claims (9)

1. A method for treating pain or pruritis, said method comprising topically applying to a subject in need of treatment for pain or pruritis a composition comprising totarol or a pharmaceutically-acceptable ester thereof, wherein said totarol or a pharmaceutically-acceptable ester thereof was isolated from a natural source or synthetically made.

2. A method of claim 1 , wherein said method is for treating pain.

3. A method of claim 1 , wherein said method is for treating pruritis.

4. A method of claim 2 , wherein said composition comprises totarol.

5. A method of claim 3 , wherein said composition comprises totarol.

6. A method of claim 2 , wherein said composition further comprises tetracaine, lidocaine, prilocaine, benzocaine, bupivacaine, mepivacaine, dibucaine, etidocaine, butacaine, cyclomethycaine, hexylcaine, proparacaine, or ropivacaine.

7. A method of claim 3 , wherein said composition further comprises menthol or camphor.

8. A method of claim 4 , wherein said totarol or a pharmaceutically-acceptable ester thereof was synthetically made.

9. A method of claim 5 , wherein said totarol or a pharmaceutically-acceptable ester thereof was synthetically made.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE MERGED ENTITY' NEW NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 036041 FRAME: 0605. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER & CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jul 21, 2015
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, LLC
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
Reel/Frame 036143/0449 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 1, 2015
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, LLC; JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC
Reel/Frame 036041/0605 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 1, 2015
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, INC.
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 036043/0978 →