Targeted delivery of lidocaine and other local anesthetics and a method for treatment of cough and tussive attacks

摘要

An anti-tussive nebulized solution for targeted delivery of lidocaine into conducting and central airways. A method for treatment of cough and tussive attacks or episodes using said lidocaine solution. A nebulized lidocaine solution administered in daily dose from about 10 mg to 80 mg of lidocaine dissolved in a saline and nebulized into an aerosol having a mass median aerodynamic diameter 3 mum to 10 mum and a geometric standard deviation less than 1.7 using an electronic nebulizer.