Method of treating demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis by treatment with colchicine or colchiceine.

A group of hydro-monobenzoporphyrins "green porphyrins" (Gp) having absorption maxima in the range of 670-780 nanometers is useful in treating disorders or conditions which are subject to hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD) treatment in the presence of light, or in treating virus, cells and tissues generally to destroy unwanted targets. The use of the Gp of the invention permits the irradiation for therapy to use wavelengths other than those absorbed by blood. The Gp of the invention may also be co...

A therapeutic agent for allergic diseases containing as an active ingredient an extract of Acanthopanax senticosus Harms. It became possible to provide a medicine enabling allergic diseases to be treated without causing almost no side effects.

This invention relates to a composition for use in the treatment of iodine deficiency diseases such as fibrocystic dysplasia of the breast, breast cancer, endometriosis and premenstrual syndrome. The composition may also be used for the prophylaxis of breast cancer. More particularly, this invention relates to a composition for She treatment of iodine deficiency diseases, the composition comprising a solution of elemental iodine (I.sub.2) which may also be referred to as metallic iodine or iodin...

This disclosure relates to the general diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases with materials identified in assays based upon the finding herein that such diseases manifest by elevated numbers of type l K.sup.+ channels in abnormal CD4.sup.- CD8.sup.- T cells.

This invention relates to a method of treating fish diseases comprising administering a composition comprising a compound of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R means an alkanoyl group; a benzoyl group optionally having 1 or more substituent groups selected the group consisting of lower alkyl groups and halogen atoms; a phenylacetyl group; or a cyclohexanecarbonyl group as an active ingredient. Also disclosed is administering a food supplemented with said compound to fish, and a fish food co...

Viral diseases are treated by a method in which an effective amount of 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)ethan-1-ol (formula I) ##STR1## is administered enterally, parenterally or topically to a patient suffering therefrom.

The present invention discloses a vaccine for the prevention of rotavirus caused diseases in humans. The vaccine is prepared from attenuated, immunogenic rhesus rotavirus which has been characterized to be antigenically similar, if not identical, to human rotavirus serotype 3.

This invention relates to a method for treating or preventing anaerobe infections in humans and lower animals. This invention further relates to compositions and kits useful for treating or preventing anaerobe infections according to the method of the present invention.

The treatment of certain inflammatory articular diseases, e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, is carried out via the use of injectable compositions containing somatostatin.