Patent ID: 9408869
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A61K,A61P

Claim Text:
1. A method of inhibiting the onset of, and treating, a gastrointestinal spasm associated with the administration of chemotherapy or radiation therapy in a subject, the method comprising: administering an effective amount of a formulation to a subject to gastrointestinal spasm associated with the administration of chemotherapy or radiation therapy, the formulation having a water soluble tannin combined with hydrogen peroxide in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; wherein, the tannin has a molecular weight ranging from about 170 Daltons to about 4000 Daltons; the tannin:peroxide weight ratio ranges from about 1:1000 to about 10:1; and, the composition inhibits the onset of, and treats, a gastrointestinal spasm associated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy in the subject when compared to a second subject in a control group also exposed to the chemotherapy or radiation therapy in which the composition was not administered.