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Method of treating and diagnosing sleep disordered breathing and means for carrying out the method

CA 2240717 C · Owner: Hedner, Jan · Inventors: Kraiczi, Holger; Hedner, Jan

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A method for treating of snoring, sleep apnea and other forms of sleep disordered breathing comprises administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective dose of an acetyl choline esterase inhibitor (CEI) over an appropriate period of time, such as a period substantially coinciding with the period of sleep of said patient. A CEI for use in this method is pyridostigmine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. A useful route of administration of CEI is per os, particularly for absorption in the oral cavity. Also described is the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of sleep disordered breathing by use of CEI the administration of CEI in , combination with deep sleep …

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  • Filed December 17, 1996 and granted November 26, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 17, 2016.
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FiledDecember 17, 1996
GrantedNovember 26, 2002
Term endedDecember 17, 2016
Patent numberCA 2240717 C
Classification (IPC)A61K31/00 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedDec 17, 1996Patent grantedNov 26, 2002Term endedDec 17, 2016

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