ADMINISTRATION BY INFUSION FOR THE TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIC EFFECTS

摘要

The present invention relates to the induction of hypothermia in humans, male and female, at any age, by use of a pharmaceutical composition to be administered parenterally by infusion or injection, comprising at least one compound selected among (1) vanilloid receptor agonists, capsaicinoids or capsaicinoid-like agonists reaching and binding to vanilloid receptors, and (2) cannabinoids or cannabimimetic agonists reaching and binding to cannabinoid receptors, and (3) adenosine receptor agonists, and (4) neurotensin receptor agonists, and (5) thyroxine derivatives, and (6) cytochrome c inhibitors, and (7) oxygen tension reducers, thereby inducing hypothermia, thus benefiting patients suffering from illnesses characterized by tissue anoxia.