New Treatment for Cushing's?

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Samaritan Pharma Aims At SP-6300 as New Innovative Treatment for Cushing's Syndrome

 

 

Files New Patent Application for SP-6300 Making Use

of SP-01A's Phase II Study Data

 

Drug SP-01A (HIV), SP-6300 (Cushing's) Demonstrates a Statistically

Significant Ability to Normalize High Cortisol in Humans

 

High Cortisol Cushing's is Caused by a Long-Term Use of

Corticosteroid Medications (Normally Administered to Lupus, Asthma,

and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients)

 

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) (PRIMEZONE) -- Samaritan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMEX:LIV) a developer of innovative drugs, announced today its drug candidate SP-6300 has shown the ability to modulate excessive cortisol levels by lowering the hormone-stimulated corticosteroid formation in adrenal cells, and as a result could be a potentially new treatment for Cushing's Syndrome.

 

 

Cushing's Syndrome is a disorder of the adrenal glands leading to excess cortisol secretion. This means that there is too much cortisol hormone in the blood. Cushing's Syndrome is a hormonal disorder caused by prolonged exposure of the body's tissues to high levels of the hormone cortisol. It is sometimes called "hypercortisolism," and an estimated 10 to 15 of every million people are affected each year.

 

Long-term (chronic) use of corticosteroid medications, for the treatment of conditions such as lupus, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis, is the most common cause of Cushing's Syndrome. Patients who develop Cushing's exhibit a variety of symptoms including weight gain, fatigue, muscle weakness, diabetes, high blood pressure, depression, and osteoporosis. If left untreated, Cushing's Syndrome can lead to death.

 

Dr. Greeson, CEO of Samaritan Pharmaceuticals stated, "There is an urgent need to develop new therapeutic agents, with a new and different mechanism of action, for Cushing's. It is commonly held that the cause of Cushing's is related to patients taking too much corticosteroid medications. We believe the addition of SP-6300 to normally prescribed medications might allow doctors to prescribe smaller doses of corticosteroid medications; to possibly decrease corticosteroid side effects, and increase their efficacy, at the same time."

 

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CONTACT: Samaritan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Richard Brown

(702) 735-7001

rbrown@SamaritanPharma.com

[Sylvia3]

Wouldn't that be great? Instead of all the tests and judgements, we could be given a drug and then feel better?

[justashell]

Wow! This is very interesting...