Inventors:
Joseph Steiner - Mount Airy MD, US
Solomon Snyder - Baltimore MD, US
Arthur Burnett - Baltimore MD, US
International Classification:
A61K031/554, A61K031/553, A61K031/55, A61K031/551, A61K031/54, A61K031/537, A61K031/4172, A61K031/445
US Classification:
514/211010, 514/217110, 514/218000, 514/227500, 514/237500, 514/255010, 514/330000, 514/365000, 514/374000, 514/385000, 514/423000
Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to methods for treating or preventing nerve injury in a warm-blooded animal caused as a consequence of surgery by administering neurotrophic compounds described below. The invention relates more specifically to methods for treating or preventing nerve injury caused as a consequence of prostate surgery as well as erectile dysfunction.