Patent ID: 9566273
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61M,A61P

Claim:
1. A method of treating acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a subject, comprising: providing a composition comprising a nicotinic receptor agent, wherein the nicotinic receptor agent comprises one or more of nicotine, nicotine bitartrate, cytisine, nicotine polacrilex, nornicotine, nicotine 1-N-oxide, metanicotine, nicotine imine, nicotine N-glucuronide, N-methylnicotinium, N-n-decylnicotinium, 5′-cyanonicotine, 3,4-dihydrometanicotine, N′-methylnicotinium, N-octanoylnornicotine, 2,3,3a,4,5,9b-hexahydro-1-methyl-1H-pyrrolo(3,2-h)isoquinoline, 5-isothiocyanonicotine, 5-iodonicotine, 5′-hydroxycotinine-N-oxide, homoazanicotine, nicotine monomethiodide, N-4-azido-2-nitrophenylnornicotine, N-methylnornicotinium, nicotinium molybdophosphate resin, N-methyl-N′-oxonicotinium, N′-propylnornicotine, pseudooxynicotine, 4′-methylnicotine, 5-fluoronicotine, K(s-nic)5(Ga2(N,N′-bis-(2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl)-1,4-phenylenediamine)3), 5-methoxynicotine, 1-benzyl-4-phenylnicotinamidinium, 6-n-propylnicotine, SIB1663, 6-hydroxynicotine, N-methylnicotine, 6-(2-phenylethyl)nicotine, N′-formylnornicotine, N-n-octylnicotinium, N-(n-oct-3-enyl)nicotinium, N-(n-dec-9-enyl)nicotinium, 5′-acetoxy-N′-nitrosonornicotine, 4-hydroxynicotine, 4-(dimethylphenylsilyl)nicotine, N′-carbomethoxynornicotine, N-methylnicoton; and administering a therapeutically effective dosage of the composition to enhance the activity of a compound that treats acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, wherein the therapeutically effective dosage of the nicotinic receptor agent ranges from nicotine plasma levels of 1 ng/mL to 100 ng/mL.