Patent ID: 7732398
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method for inhibiting norepinephrine uptake in a mammal in need of analgesia, the method comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of a selective mu-opioid receptor agonist peptide selected from the group consisting of: 2′,6′-dimethyl-Tyr-D-Arg-Phe-Lys-NH 2′,6′-dimethyl-Tyr-D-Ala-Phe-Phe-NH 2′,6′-dimethyl-Tyr-D-Arg-Phe-Orn-NH wherein said effective amount is effective to reduce or inhibit norephinephrine uptake in the mammal.