USE OF CO IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATION OF THE UPPER AIRWAYS OR BRONCHIA

摘要

The invention concerns the use of carbon monoxide (CO) or a carbon monoxide (CO) donor combined with at least a gas selected among nitrogen monoxide, carbon dioxide, helium, oxygen or nitrogen, and at least an active product with anti-inflammatory activity to produce a medicine for treating or preventing an acute or chronic inflammation in a human. Furthermore, the medicine may contain an additional gas selected among xenon, hydrogen, argon, neon, krypton, nitrogen oxide (N2O), carbon-containing or fluorocarbon hydrocarbons, and their mixtures. The medicine is in the form of an inhalant aerosol. The inventive medicine is designed to treat any inflammatory pathology, vasoconstriction or bronchial constriction of the upper airways or of the bronchial tree, such as asthma, mucoviscidosis, pneumopathy and bronchial pneumopathy.