[EN] ANALGESIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ANTI-EPILEPTIC COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USING SAME<br/>[FR] COMPOSITIONS ANALGESIQUES COMPRENANT DES COMPOSES ANTI-EPILEPTIQUES, ET LEURS PROCEDES D'UTILISATION
申请人:WARNER LAMBERT CO
公开号:WO2000053225A1
公开(公告)日:2000-09-14
The present invention is directed to novel combinations of one or more anti-epileptic compounds that demonstrate pain alleviating properties, with one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of analgesics, NMDA receptor antagonists, NSAIDs, and combinations thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same. It has been discovered that the administration of anti-epileptic compounds that demostrates pain alleviating properties in these novel combinations results in an improved reduction in the frequency and severity of pain. It is also believed that the incidence of unwanted side effects can be reduced by these novel combinations in comparison to using higher doses of a single agent treatment to achieve a similar therapeutic effect. The present invention is also directed to methods of using effective amounts of the novel pharmaceutical compositions to treat pain in mammals.