Patent ID: 7393857
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a) a non-inflammatory local disease of the musculo-skeletal system which is myofascial syndrome, tendomyosis, tendinosis, insertion tendopathy, bursopathy, periarthropathy, or algodystrophy; b) a local irritation condition of a joint or tendon sheath caused by a meniscus lesion, arthrosis, trauma, local osteochondritis dissecans, osteonecrosis or joint chondromatosis; or c) a local manifestation at the locomotor apparatus of an inflammatory disease, wherein said inflammatory disease is selected from the group consisting of chronic polyarthritis, sarcoidosis, paraneoplastic syndrome, turbid effusions, collagenosis, postinfectious arthritis, seronegative spondylarthritis and vasculitis, in a subject in need thereof, which method comprises locally administering to said subject a pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of an effective amount of a 5-HT 3 receptor antagonist.