Patent ID: 8163803

Claim:
A METHOD OF TREATMENT comprising: administering to a human being a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a lidocaine-derived compound of formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R 1 =R 2 =CH 3 and R 3 =R 4 =R 5 are H; R 1 =R 3 =CH 3 and R 2 =R 4 =R 5 are H; R 1 =R 4 =CH 3 and R 2 =R 3 =R 5 are H; or R 1 =CF 3 and R 2 =R 3 =R 4 =R 5 are H; in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, wherein the lidocaine-derived compound has (i) anti-inflammatory activity and (ii) reduced anesthetic activity compared to lidocaine, and wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered for the treatment of an atopic disease, non-atopic asthma, or chronic intestinal inflammation.