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Method for treatment of alcohol abuse

Patent 4777173 Issued on October 11, 1988. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 25, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 07/030659 filed on 03/25/1987

US Classes:

514/252.15, Spiro ring system containing514/811Alcohol

Examiners

Primary: Friedman, Stanley J.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A61K 31/505 (20060101)

Abstract

Buspirone and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in the treatment of alcohol abuse.

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