Patent ID: 8304402
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method for treating epistaxis in a human, said method comprising a step of administering to a human patient suffering from epistaxis a composition comprising bismuth subgallate and a vasoconstriction agent together in a ratio of at least about 0.7 to not more than 5 ml aqueous liquid containing vasoconstriction agent per 1 gram of bismuth subgallate powder, said composition being effective for treating epistaxis in a human when applied topically to a human patient suffering from epistaxis, said bismuth subgallate being present in said composition in a weight percent effective to assist in slowing or stopping epistaxis, said vasoconstriction agent being present in said composition in a weight percent effective to assist in slowing or stopping epistaxis, said weight percent of bismuth subgallate and said weight percent of said vasoconstriction agent being effective, in combination, to treat epistaxis when said composition is administered to a human patient suffering from epistaxis, said vasoconstriction agent being oxymetazoline.