Abstract: This patent application describes the treatment addictive disorders, psychoactive substance use disorders, intoxication disorders, inhalation disorders, alcohol addiction, tobacco addiction and or nicotine addiction comprising administering a therapeutically effective, nontoxic dose of pramipexole and derivatives and or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof to a patient.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 14, 2001
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2002
Assignee:
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
Inventors:
Robert Clyde Marshall, Erik Ho Fong Wong, Philip F. Von Voigtlander