Patent ID: 9089596
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of inhibiting the onset of, and treating, a gastrointestinal spasm associated with drug side-effects in a subject, the method comprising: administering an effective amount of a composition to a subject to treat drug side-effects that include an associated gastrointestinal spasm, the composition 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 drug side-effects in the subject when compared to a second subject in a control group also exposed to the drug side-effects in which the composition was not administered.