Patent ID: 7829550

Claim:
A method for the treatment of asthma in a host mammal in need of such treatment, consisting essentially of the step of administering an effective amount of cyclodextrin compound to the mammal, wherein the cyclodextrin compound is selected from the group consisting of: β-cyclodextrin, hydroxypropyl-βcyclodextrin, sulfolbutylether-βcyclodextrin, random methylated-βcyclodextrin, dimethyl-βcyclodextrin, trimethyl-βcyclodextrin, hydroxypropyl βcyclodextrin, hydroxybutyl βcyclodextrin, glucosyl-βcyclodextrin, maltosyl-βcyclodextrin, 2-O-methyl-βcyclodextrin or a combination thereof and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.