Inventors:
Joseph R. Holtman - Lexington KY, US
Peter A. Crooks - Nicholasville KY, US
International Classification:
A61K 31/439, A61P 29/00, A61P 25/00, A61K 31/135, A61K 31/445, A61K 31/4355
US Classification:
514282, 514646, 514329, 514326, 514281, 514183
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods of alleviating pain with the administration of norketamine with a narcotic. More particularly, the invention provides a method of alleviating pain through the administration of a dose of norketamine, which, if administered alone would provide sub-optimal analgesic relief, yet provides analgesic relief when combined with a narcotic. In some embodiments, the combination of norketamine with a narcotic, further allows for the administration of a dose narcotic, which would be sub-optimal if used alone, but provides adequate pain relief in combination with norketamine. The invention relates to self-management of pain on an outpatient basis comprising administering via conventional routes, including transdermal, nasal, rectal, oral, transmucosal, intravenous, intramuscular, and other routes, one or more doses of norketamine/opioid compositions effective to alleviate pain to a subject suffering from pain. Uses of norketamine/opioid compositions would also apply, to treating headaches, drug abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, as well as other, neuropsychiatric disorders, both motoric and cognitive, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, which are thought to be caused by neurodegeneration.