Patents Assigned to The Lynx Project Limited
  • Production of analgesic synergy by co-administration of sub-analgesic doses of a MU opioid agonist and a kappa-2 opioid agonist
    Patent number: 6310072
    Abstract: An analgesic composition is disclosed comprising a sub-analgesic dosage of a &mgr;-opioid agonist, optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and a sub-analgesic dosage of a &kgr;2-opioid agonist, optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. There is also disclosed a method for producing analgesia in humans and lower animals which comprises administering concurrently to a human or lower animal in need of such treatment an analgesic composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignees: The University of Queensland, The Lynx Project Limited
    Inventors: Maree Smith, Fraser Ross