Patents by Inventor Andrea Houghton

Andrea Houghton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Synergistic combination of an opioid analgesic and a NSAID
    Patent number: 7375106
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combined pharmaceutical preparation comprising an opioid diarylmethyl piperazine compounds and a NSAID. Such a preparation in which the compounds are either given sequentially or simultaneously can be used for the treatment of pain diminishing the side-effects observed in conventional opioid treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Andrea Houghton, Jean Cottney
  • Mirtazapine for the treatment of neuropathic pain
    Publication number: 20070270413
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of treatment of neuropathic pain comprising administering to a subject in need of treatment for neuropathic pain a therapeutically effective dose of S(+)-mirtazapine and the use of S(+)-mirtazapine for the manufacture of a medicine for the treatment of neuropathic pain and a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of neuropathic pain, comprising S(+)-mirtazapine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Andrea Houghton, Gerardus Stephanus Franciscus Ruigt
  • Synergistic combination of an opioid analgesic and a nsaid
    Publication number: 20050153983
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combined pharmaceutical preparation comprising an opioid diarylmethyl piperazine compounds and a NSAID. Such a preparation in which the compounds are either given sequentially or simultaneously can be used for the treatment of pain diminishing the side-effects observed in conventional opioid treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Andrea Houghton, Jean Cottney