Patent ID: 7232846

Claim:
A method for the treatment of a human suffering from alcoholism, consisting essentially of administering to a human suffering from alcoholism an effective amount of a compound to treat said alcoholism, wherein said compound is a polyamine of formula (I) A-NH—(CH 2 ) n —NH—B (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, or a physiologically-hydrolysable and acceptable amide thereof, wherein A and B are the same or different from each other and are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —NH 2 ; n is 3 or 4, with the proviso that when n is 3, A and B are hydrogen; together with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier wherein said treatment results in at least one of condition selected from the group consisting of decrease in alcohol withdrawal symptoms, reduction in development of alcohol tolerance, reduction in alcohol tolerance, reversal of sensitization to alcohol, reduction of alcohol consumption and reduction of desire for alcohol.