Publication number: 20080234325
Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating and preventing asthma, laryngitis, symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease, pregnancy-induced gastroesophageal reflux disease, noncardiac chest pains, coughing, apnea, dyspepsia, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, gastritis, stress ulcers, bleeding peptic ulcers, acute gastrointestinal bleeding, infectious enteritis, collagenous colitis, lymphocytic colitis, chronic diarrhea in immunocompromised patients, esophageal ulcers in immunocompromised patients, idiopathic gastric acid hypersecretion, gastroparesis, gastrointestinal motility disorders, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, short bowel syndrome, emesis, regurgitation, early satiety, chronic sore throat, abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, nausea, sour stomach, diarrhea, constipation, bacterial infections, refractory ulcers, gastrointestinal disorders induced by NSAIDs, Barrett's esophagus, gastrointestinal disorders caused by steroids, gastrointestinal disorders induced by cholinergic compounds, a
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 19, 2001
Publication date:
September 25, 2008
Inventors:
John Ieni, Jay Barth, Robert M. Niecestro
Publication number: 20060024238
Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating and preventing gastrointestinal disorders, viral infections, fungal infections, Whipple's disease, sleep disorders, sleep apnea, iron deficiency anemia, asthma, nasal airway resistance, cystic fibrosis, pancreatitis, chemotherapy-induced emesis, radiation-induced injury to the gastrointestinal tract, epilepsy, middle ear infections, obesity, hiatal hernia, anorexia, bulimia, dental decay, post-operative aspiration, migraines and other disorders by administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of at least one proton pump inhibitor. In other embodiments, the proton pump inhibitor can be administered with one or more histamine antagonists, antacids, bismuth compounds, anti-viral agents, anti-fungal agents, NSAIDs, steroids, cyclodextrins, cyclodextrin derivatives, and migraine drugs.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 16, 2004
Publication date:
February 2, 2006
Applicant:
Eisai Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Jay Barth, John Ieni