IP Library Granted Patent US 8,071,763
Granted Patent B2
US 8,071,763 · App. 12/387,510 · Granted Dec 6, 2011

Methods for treatment of nocturia

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Patent No.
US 8,071,763
App. No.
12/387,510
Granted
Dec 6, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for the treatment of nocturia which consists of administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug consisting of loxoprofen or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the mammal is a human who has a neurogenic bladder.

Claims (4)

1. A method for the treatment of nocturia which consists of administering to a human having a neurogenic bladder a therapeutically effective amount of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug consisting of loxoprofen or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug is a pharmacologically acceptable sodium salt of loxoprofen.

3. A method for the treatment of nocturia which consists of administering to a human who, in a previous treatment of nocturia, did not respond to an anticholinergic drug, a tricyclic antidepressant, a hypnotic, a transurethral resection of the prostate or thermotherapy, a therapeutically effective amount of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug consisting of loxoprofen or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug is a pharmacologically acceptable sodium salt of loxoprofen.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2009
From: ARAKI, TOHRU
To: SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 022688/0626 →
MERGER Recorded May 4, 2009
From: SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
To: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 022688/0776 →