Tannin formulation for treating malnutrition

摘要

Methods of treating malnutrition are provided, such methods not requiring the use of systemic drugs that have shown to (i) provide slow relief, (ii) cause adverse side effects, (iii) limit activities, (iv) worsen existing gastrointestinal conditions, (v) be unrecommended in several gastrointestinal conditions that include gastrointestinal spasms, or (vi) be unrecommended in the absence of diarrhea.

主权项

1. A method of treating a gastrointestinal spasm associated with malnutrition in a subject, the method comprising:
administering an effective amount of a formulation to a subject having malnutrition with an associated gastrointestinal spasm, the formulation having a water soluble tannin combined with hydrogen peroxide in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; wherein, the tannin has a molecular weight ranging from about 170 Daltons to about 4000 Daltons; the tannin:peroxide weight ratio ranges from about 1:1000 to about 10:1; and, the formulation relieves the malnutrition in the subject by relieving the associated gastrointestinal spasm when compared to a second subject in a control group also having malnutrition with an associated gastrointestinal spasm in which the formulation was not administered.