Inventors:
Allan Dunn - North Miami FL, US
International Classification:
A61M031/00, A61K038/00
Abstract:
A process for treating inflammation in a joint whether heat, redness, pain, swelling and/or stiffness, and for increasing motion and increasing joint space and correcting mal-alignment, comprising the steps of dissolving a quantity of growth hormone (somatotropin), preferably in purified form, in a buffer solution, and injecting one time or multiple repeat times, a single dosage of the mixture of purified growth hormone and buffer solution into the joint of a body so as to initiate the treatment process. The present invention is also directed to a process of preparing a joint for treatment of inflammation, as described herein, by injecting or otherwise applying one or more of a group of agents, such as an anti-growth factor, an anti-cytokine or an anti-kinase (or a combination thereof) to quiet and reduce deleterious activity in the joint. This preparation step can be carried out either simultaneously or prior to the step of injecting the mixture of purified growth hormone (commonly known as somatotropin) and a buffer solution into the joint, whether of a human or other animal.