Patent ID: 8592424
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a disease state or condition in humans comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a drug selected from a dopamine agonist useful for topical brainstem de-afferentation therapy to treat a disease state or condition selected from the group consisting of Parkinson's disease, tremor not attributed to Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and torticollis to the back of the neck at the hairline in close proximity to and on the area of skin above the brain stem to provide regional neuro-affective therapy to a human patient, wherein the dopamine agonist is selected from the group consisting of apomorphine, pramipexole, ropinirole, bromocriptine, cabergoline, pergolide, rotigotine, and mixtures of any of the foregoing.