Abstract: A method for treating the psychiatric disorders known as oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder is disclosed. The method comprises the administration of molindone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of molindone to a patient suffering from oppositional defiant disorder and/or conduct disorder. The molindone may be either a racemic mixture or the levorotatory form. It may be short acting or in a sustained release, long acting form.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 19, 2002
Date of Patent:
September 2, 2003
Assignee:
MGI Applied Genomics
Inventors:
David E. Comings, Bruce Kovacs, Jim MacMurry