Methods for preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
First Claim
1. A method for treating a patient for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) resulting from witnessing an event, the witnessed event consisting of an occupational situation involving violence, serious injury, and/or death, comprising:
- identifying the patient witnessing the event;
providing at least one effective amount of a therapeutic compound comprising an insulin;
during the patient'"'"'s witnessing of the event, administering the at least one effective amount of the therapeutic compound comprising an insulin to the upper one-third of the nasal cavity of the patient, thereby enabling the administered at least one effective amount of the therapeutic compound comprising an insulin to bypass the patient'"'"'s blood-brain barrier; and
thereby enabling delivery of the at least one effective amount of the therapeutic compound comprising an insulin to the patient'"'"'s central nervous system (CNS) to treat the patient for PTSD during the patient'"'"'s witnessing of the event.
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Abstract
Methods for preventing and/or treating symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are provided. The preferred method comprises administration of an effective amount of insulin to the upper one-third of a mammal'"'"'s, preferably a human, nasal cavity, thereby enabling the administered at least one effective amount of insulin to bypass the patient'"'"'s blood-brain barrier and be directly delivered to the patient'"'"'s CNS. Another embodiment comprises utilizing vasoconstrictors to enhance targeting of an effective amount of insulin to the CNS while reducing non-target exposure.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for treating a patient for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) resulting from witnessing an event, the witnessed event consisting of an occupational situation involving violence, serious injury, and/or death, comprising:
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identifying the patient witnessing the event; providing at least one effective amount of a therapeutic compound comprising an insulin; during the patient'"'"'s witnessing of the event, administering the at least one effective amount of the therapeutic compound comprising an insulin to the upper one-third of the nasal cavity of the patient, thereby enabling the administered at least one effective amount of the therapeutic compound comprising an insulin to bypass the patient'"'"'s blood-brain barrier; and thereby enabling delivery of the at least one effective amount of the therapeutic compound comprising an insulin to the patient'"'"'s central nervous system (CNS) to treat the patient for PTSD during the patient'"'"'s witnessing of the event.
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2. A method for treating a patient for PTSD resulting from the witnessing of an event consisting of an occupational situation involving violence, serious injury, and/or death comprising:
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identifying the event and the patient who will witness the event; providing at least one effective amount of a therapeutic compound comprising an insulin; before the patient witnesses the event, administering the at least one effective amount of the therapeutic compound comprising an insulin to the upper one-third of the nasal cavity of the patient, thereby enabling the administered at least one effective amount of the therapeutic compound comprising an insulin to bypass the patient'"'"'s blood-brain barrier; and thereby enabling delivery of the at least one effective amount of the therapeutic compound comprising an insulin to the patient'"'"'s central nervous system (CNS) to treat the patient for PTSD before the patient witnesses the event. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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