Inventors:
Avner Ramu - Houston TX, US
International Classification:
A61K031/704, A61K031/522, A61K031/4164
US Classification:
514/154000, 514/034000, 514/400000, 514/264000
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods of treating, as well as preventing extravasation injury. In particular, the present invention pertains to photochemotherapeutic methods of prophylaxis and/or treatment of extravasation injury induced by vesicant antineoplastic drugs and other pharmaceutical formulations. In accordance with the present invention, extravasation injury is prevented or minimized by the coadministration of photoinactivation inducing compounds in a formulation comprising a vesicant antineoplastic or other pharmaceutical formulation, and subsequently exposing the injection or infusion site to photoexciting light.