Global Patent Index - EP 0866694 A1

EP 0866694 A1 19980930 - RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF SUFFERING CONDITIONS

Title (en)

RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF SUFFERING CONDITIONS

Title (de)

ERLEICHTERUNG UND VORBEUGUNG VON LEIDENSZUSTÄNDEN

Title (fr)

SOULAGEMENT ET PREVENTION DES SOUFFRANCES

Publication

EP 0866694 A1 19980930 (EN)

Application

EP 96938757 A 19961028

Priority

  • US 9617663 W 19961028
  • US 54964995 A 19951027
  • US 55975895 A 19951113
  • US 56269295 A 19951127
  • US 57585895 A 19951220
  • US 58721296 A 19960116

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9715299A1] A method of determining the effectiveness of an agent for the relief and prevention of a suffering condition comprises the steps of a) exposing a susceptible person to a quantity of a trigger substance reproducibly effective in producing within an appropriate period a suffering condition perceptible by the person and in the absence of treatment, lasting for at least six hours after being perceived, b) orally administering to said person being exposed to said quantity of trigger substance a quantity of the agent whose effectiveness in said quantity in relieving said suffering condition is to be determined, c) measuring the extent of said suffering condition of the person upon administering said agent, and d) comparing the extent of said suffering condition with and without the administration of said agent. Also disclosed are effective quantities of certain nutrient substances which can reproducibly relieve a suffering condition produced in a susceptible subject by the administration of a trigger substance.

IPC 1-7

A61K 31/195

IPC 8 full level

A61K 31/197 (2006.01); A61K 31/198 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61K 31/197 (2013.01); A61K 31/198 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9715299A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9715299 A1 19970501; AU 7605996 A 19970515; CA 2235746 A1 19970501; EP 0866694 A1 19980930

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9617663 W 19961028; AU 7605996 A 19961028; CA 2235746 A 19961028; EP 96938757 A 19961028