Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – In vivo diagnosis or in vivo testing
Patent
1996-12-30
1999-05-11
Kulkosky, Peter F.
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
In vivo diagnosis or in vivo testing
424557, A61K31/495
Patent
active
059025670
ABSTRACT:
A method of faciltating the obtaining of a mucus sample from at least one lung of a subject comprises administering a physiologically acceptable salt to at least one lung of the subject in an amount effective to hydrate lung mucus secretions therein, and concurrently administering to said at least one lung of the subject, in an amount effective to hydrate lung mucous secretions therein, uridine triphosphate, an active analog thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of either thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions useful for carrying out the method comprise, in combination, a physiologically acceptable salt, and uridine triphosphate, an active analog thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of either thereof. The composition may be a liquid composition or a dry powder composition.
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Kulkosky Peter F.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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