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ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE

  • US 20090263461A1
  • Filed: 04/08/2009
  • Published: 10/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable drug depot useful for reducing, preventing or treating pain and/or inflammation from a degenerative disc and/or facet joint in a patient in need of such treatment, the implantable drug depot comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an alpha adrenergic agonist, the drug depot being implantable at or near the degenerative disc and/or facet joint to reduce, prevent or treat pain and/or inflammation from the degenerative disc and/or facet joint, wherein the drug depot is capable of releasing an effective amount of the alpha adrenergic agonist over a period of at least one day.

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