申请人:GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
公开号:US20020081340A1
公开(公告)日:2002-06-27
The invention relates to the unexpected discovery that bismuth-containing compounds are effective in the treatment of oral mucositis in a mammal. Thus, the invention relates, in one aspect to a method of treating oral mucositis comprising administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable bismuth-containing compound, such as a bismuth salt or bismuth complex. In a preferred embodiment, the bismuth compound is an organic or inorganic salt such as, bismuth subsalicylate, bismuth subgallate, bismuth aluminate, bismuth citrate, bismuth subcitrate, bismuth carbonate, bismuth subcarbonate, tripotassium dicitrato bismuthate, bismuth nitrate, bismuth subnitrate, bismuth tartrate and mixtures thereof, preferably, bismuth subsalicylate and bismuth subgallate.
本发明涉及到一种意外的发现,即含铋化合物在哺乳动物的口腔粘膜炎症治疗中具有有效性。因此,本发明涉及一种治疗口腔粘膜炎症的方法,包括给予有效量的药学上可接受的含铋化合物,例如铋盐或铋配合物。在一种优选实施方式中,铋化合物是有机或无机盐,例如铋亚水杨酸盐、铋亚没食子酸盐、铋铝石、铋柠檬酸盐、铋亚柠檬酸盐、铋碳酸盐、铋亚碳酸盐、三钾柠檬酸铋酸盐、铋硝酸盐、铋亚硝酸盐、铋酒石酸盐和其混合物,优选地,铋亚水杨酸盐和铋亚没食子酸盐。