Treatment of disorders secondary to organic impairments
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SNOWDEN PHARMA
- Publication Date
- 2003-11-06
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
Abstract
Description
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 204,124 filed Dec. 2, 1998.
[0002] The present invention relates to the pharmacological treatment of various secondary neurological, behavioral and cognitive symptoms or disorders emanating out of brain or systemic impairments, i.e, primary impairments.
[0003] The secondary symptoms and disorders include as non-limiting examples, tic and behavioral disorders including Tourette's syndrome and severe non-Tourette's motor or vocal tics; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); a typical attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity; frontal lobe defects of executive function; oscillopsia; self-mutilation; violence or rage such as in intermittent explosive disorder; asocial behavior; sexual disorders (including gender choice difficulties or hyposexuality); psychological (psychosis, violence, and confusion) and motor symptoms of Huntington's Disease (Huntington's Chorea); fatigue, exhausti...