Patent ID: 7341744
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: A61K,A61P,Y02A,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of treatment for secretory diarrhea in animals, including humans, said method comprising: administering, via the oral route of administration to a non-human animal selected from the group consisting of bovine, ovine, swine, poultry, equine, canine and feline animals or a human suffering from secretory diarrhea, a dosage of from 0.1 to 100 mg/kg/day of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an aqueous soluble proanthocyanidin polymer composition isolated from a Croton species or a Calophyllum species, said aqueous soluble proanthocyanidin polymer composition being in an amount effective to treat secretory diarrhea and formulated to protect the aqueous soluble proanthocyanidin polymer composition from the stomach environment in a controlled release preparation, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.