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Claims for Patent: 4,839,342


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Summary for Patent: 4,839,342
Title: Method of increasing tear production by topical administration of cyclosporin
Abstract:The present invention provides a method of treating an aqueous-deficient dry eye state in a patient suffering therefrom, which method includes the step of administering cyclosporin topically to the patient's eye. The cyclosporin is administered as a solution, suspension or ointment in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
Inventor(s): Kaswan; Renee (Athens, GA)
Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, GA)
Application Number:07/092,466
Patent Claims: 1. A method for enhancing or restoring lacrimal gland tearing comprising topically administering cyclosporin to the eye in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 for increasing tear production in a tear-deficient eye comprising topically administering a therapeutically effective amount of a cyclosporin to said eye.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said cyclosporin is administered as a solution, suspension or ointment comprising 0.01 to 50 weight percent of cyclosporin in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said cyclosporin is administered in an amount of 0.1 to 20 weight percent.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable excipient is olive oil, arachis oil, castor oil, polyoxyethylated castor oil, mineral oil, petroleum jelly, dimethyl sulphoxide, an alcohol, liposome, silicone fluid or a mixture thereof.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein said cyclosporin is Cyclosporin A.

7. The method of claim 2 for increasing tear production in an eye of a patient suffering from an autoimmune dysfunction of the lacrimal glands comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a cyclosporin topically to the patient's eye.

8. The method of claim 2 for treating keratoconjunctivitis sicca in a patient comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a cyclosporin topically to the patient's eye.

9. The method of claim 1 for treating a disorder caused by immune activity in a lacrimal gland of a patient comprising the step of topically administering to the patient's eye a therapeutically effective amount of a cyclosporin to enhance or restore tearing.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said cyclosporin is administered as a solution, suspension or ointment comprising 0.01 to 50 weight percent of cyclosporin in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said cyclosporin is administered in an amount of 0.1 to 20 weight percent.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable excipient is olive oil, arachis oil, castor oil, polyoxyethylated castor oil, mineral oil, petroleum jelly, dimethyl sulphoxide, an alcohol, liposome, silicone fluid or a mixture thereof.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein said cyclosporin is Cyclosporin A.

14. The method of claim 1 for treating a disorder exacerbated by deficient tear production in a patient comprising topically administering a therapeutically effective amount of a cyclosporin to the patient's eye to enhance or restore tearing.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said cyclosporin is administered as a solution, suspension or ointment comprising 0.01 to 50 weight percent of cyclosporin in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said cyclosporin is administered in an amount of 0.1 to 20 weight percent.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable excipient is olive oil, arachis oil, castor oil, polyoxyethylated castor oil, mineral oil, petroleum jelly, dimethyl sulphoxide, an alcohol, liposome, silicone fluid or a mixture thereof.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein said cyclosporin is Cyclosporin A.

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