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US008557851B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,557,851 B2 Szelenyi et a1. (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 15, 2013 (54) COMBINATIONS OF FLUPIRTINE AND FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS SODIUM CHANNEL INHIBITING SUBSTANCES FOR TREATING PAINS CA 2542434 5/2005 DE 3604575 A1 8/1986 DE 103 49 729.3 10/2003 (75) Inventors: Istvan Szelenyi, SchWaig (DE); Kay DE 103 49 729 .3 10/2003 Brune, Marloffstein (DE); Robert DE 103 59 335 5/2005 Hermann, Hanau (DE); Mathia Locher, EP 189788 A1 8/1986 EP 1813285 A1 8/2007 Ronneburg (DE) JP 2000-143510 A 5/2000 RU 2006117525 12/2005 (73) Assignee: MEDA Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Bad W0 WO 00/59487 A2 10/2000 Homburg (DE) W0 WO 00/59508 A1 10/2000 W0 WO 01/01970 A2 1/2001 W0 WO 01/22953 A2 4/2001 ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this W0 WO 2005/039576 5/2005 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 OTHER PUBLICATIONS U.S.C. 154(b) by 236 days. PratZel et al., Pain, 1996, vol. 67, pp. 417-425.* (21) Appl.No.: 12/403,213 Balano KB. 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DE characteristic effect is that of strongly inhibiting the mono 10349729.3, ?led Oct. 23, 2003, each of Which the entire synaptic and polysynaptic spinal re?exes (Farkas et al. Neu contents are incorporated herein by reference. robiology 1997; 5:57-58, Kocsis et al., Acta Pharrn Hung The invention relates to pharmaceutical combinations of 2002; 72(1):49.-61, Okada et al., Jpn. J Pharmacol 2001; 86: 134-136). In rats, Ono et al. (J Pharrnacobio Dynam 1984; potassium channel openers and sodium channel inhibitors for 7: 171 -178) shoWed that tolperisone exhibits an effect like that treating pains Which are accompanied by an increase in of a local anesthetic (“membrane-stabiliZing”) both in motor muscle tone.