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Last Updated: December 12, 2025

Claims for Patent: 4,409,212

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Summary for Patent: 4,409,212

Title:	Method of preventing and treating cerebral insufficiency
Abstract:	The invention relates to a method of preventing or treating cerebral insufficiency, which method comprises administering to a human being in need of such treatment, orally or rectally, a prophylactic or a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein X1 is hydrogen, halogen having an atomic number up to 35, or is cyano, and X2 and Y together are an additional bond, or X1 and X2 together are the oxo radical and Y is hydrogen, or X1 is hydroxy and X2 and Y are hydrogen. Examples of suitable compounds are 10,11-dihyro-10-hydroxy-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine-5-carboxamide, 10,11-dihydro-10-oxo-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine-5-carboxamide and, in particular, carbamazepine (5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine-5-carboxamide).
Inventor(s):	Cesare Mondadori
Assignee:	Novartis Corp
Application Number:	US06/366,792
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