Method for treating headache with loxapine
First Claim
1. A method for treating headache comprising administering to a subject in need of headache relief, an effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of loxapine, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of loxapine, and prodrugs of loxapine wherein 0.3 to 6.0 mg of loxapine is administered, or an amount of a salt or prodrug of loxapine is administered that produces in the subject a blood concentration of loxapine equivalent to the administration of 0.3 to about 6.0 mg of loxapine.
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Abstract
Loxapine, amoxapine, or salts or prodrugs of either, is effective in alleviating pain, particularly headache pain such as migraine, cluster headaches and tension headaches. Preferably the loxapine or amoxapine is administered systemically, most preferably by inhalation.
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16 Claims
- 1. A method for treating headache comprising administering to a subject in need of headache relief, an effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of loxapine, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of loxapine, and prodrugs of loxapine wherein 0.3 to 6.0 mg of loxapine is administered, or an amount of a salt or prodrug of loxapine is administered that produces in the subject a blood concentration of loxapine equivalent to the administration of 0.3 to about 6.0 mg of loxapine.
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16. A method for treating headache pain in a subject comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of loxapine, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of loxapine and prodrugs of loxapine wherein 0.3 to 6.0 mg of loxapine is administered, or an amount of a salt or prodrug of loxapine is administered that produces in the subject a blood concentration of loxapine equivalent to the administration of 0.3 to about 6.0 mg of loxapine.
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