Patent ID: 9744209
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61K,G01N

Claim:
1. A method of increasing blood pressure in a human in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the human a unit dosage form, wherein the unit dosage form comprises from about 0.01 mg/mL to about 0.07 mg/mL of vasopressin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: the unit dosage form has a pH of 3.7-3.9; the unit dosage form further comprises impurities that are present in an amount of 0.9% - 1.7%, wherein the impurities have from about 85% to about 100% sequence homology to SEQ ID NO.: 1; the administration provides to the human from about 0.01 units of vasopressin or the pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof per minute to about 0.1 units of vasopressin or the pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof per minute; and the human is hypotensive.