METHODS OF TREATING ACNE

• US 20120108552A1
• Filed: 10/20/2011
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Galderma Laboratories Incorporated (Nestle SA)
• Original Assignee: Galderma Laboratories Incorporated (Nestle SA)
• Inventors: Ashley, Robert A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,603,506 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 514/152
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/135 having aromatic rings , e.g. ketamine, nortriptyline methadone A61K31/137
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/65 Tetracyclines
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/0053 Mouth and digestive tract, i.e. intraoral and peroral administration rectal administration A61K9/0031
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 17/10 Anti-acne agents
• CPC Class Codes: D06M 16/00 Biochemical treatment of fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, e.g. enzymatic

Abstract

A method of treating acne in a human in need thereof comprising administering systemically to said human a tetracycline compound in an amount that is effective to treat acne but has substantially no antibiotic activity, without administering a bisphosphonate compound.

Claims

1. A method of treating acne in a human in need thereof comprising administering systemically to said human a tetracycline compound in an amount that is effective to treat acne but has substantially no antibiotic activity, without administering a bisphosphonate compound.

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