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Method and kit for treating lower bowel pain

  • US 20040142968A1
  • Filed: 01/17/2003
  • Published: 07/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of reducing pain that arises from nerve impulses from the colon or rectum and is associated with a condition selected from the group consisting of menses, premenstrual syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, anal fissures, internal/external hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse, proctalgia fugax, levator ani syndrome, and pudendal canal syndrome that comprises administering in the colon of a mammal exhibiting pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome, anal fissures, internal/external hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse, proctalgia fugax, levator ani syndrome, and pudendal canal syndrome by the application of a pain-alleviating amount of at least one non-toxic local anesthetic selected from the group consisting of lidocaine, lidocaine hydrochoride, bupivicaine hydrochloride, levobupivicaine ((S)-1-butyl-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-2-piperidinecarboxyamide), chloroprocaine hydrochloride, dibucaine, dibucaine hydrochloride, etidocaine hydrochloride, mepivicaine hydrochloride, piperocaine hydrochloride, prilocaine hydrochloride, procaine hydrochloride, propoxycaine hydrochloride, tetracaine, and tetracaine hydrochloride.

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