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US 12,678,431 · App. 17/421,921 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Pharmaceutical composition for treatment of dementia and cerebrovascular disorders

Inventors: Ken-ichi Yamada (Fukuoka, JP); Keiichi Yamamoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUSO PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
A61K31/47A23L2/52A23L33/10A23L33/40A61K31/197A61P25/28A23V2002/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,678,431
App. No.
17/421,921
Filed
Jul 9, 2021
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1624
USPC
514/311
Abstract

The disclosures as described herein a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a cerebrovascular disorder or a vascular dementia, or suppressing a progression of the diseases in a subject in need of the treatment and so on, the composition comprising one or more compounds selected from the following group, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and a method using the same. A group consisting of apomorphine, eseroline, ethoxyquin, methyldopa, olanzapine, indapamide, and the others.

Claims (13)

1 . A method for suppressing a progression of vascular dementia, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of ethoxyquin and methyldopa to a subject in need thereof,

wherein a dosage of methyldopa and ethoxyquin are each in a range from 0.001 to 50 mg/kg weight per day.

2 . The method for suppressing the progression of the vascular dementia according to claim 1 , wherein the subject is a mammal.

3 . The method for suppressing the progression of the vascular dementia according to claim 1 , wherein the subject is a human.

4 . The method for suppressing the progression of the vascular dementia according to claim 1 , wherein the subject suffers from early-onset dementia.

5 . The method for suppressing the progression of vascular dementia according to claim 1 , comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a food or beverage containing a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of ethoxyquin and methyldopa.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the dosage of methyldopa and ethoxyquin are each in a range from 0.1 to 50 mg/kg weight per day.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the ethoxyquin or the methyldopa is administered once per day, or a plural times per day, or is administered once or a plural times within several days or several weeks.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the dosage of methyldopa and ethoxyquin are each in a range from 0.1 to 50 mg/kg weight per day when administered orally or intraperitoneally.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the dosage of methyldopa and ethoxyquin are each in a range from 0.2 to about 10 mg/kg weight per day.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the dosage of methyldopa and ethoxyquin are each in a range from 0.3 to about 2 mg/kg weight per day.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the dosage of methyldopa and ethoxyquin are each in a range from 0.4 to about 1 mg/kg weight per day.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the ethoxyquin or the methyldopa is administered once per day, or a plural times per day, or is administered once or a plural times within several days or several weeks.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: YAMAMOTO, KEIICHI
To: FUSO PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061550/0436 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62790305 · Jan 9, 2019
Related Publication 20220023283A1 · Jan 27, 2022
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