Claims
- 1. A method of clearing a patient's airway, comprising repeatedly stimulating a sensory innervation of the larynx by contacting the patient's airway with a composition including a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and tartaric acid mixed therewith in an amount effective for producing a cough, so as to cause the patient to produce multiple successive coughs until the airway is cleared.
- 2. Them method of claim 1, wherein the composition contains up to about 80% tartaric acid.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition contains about 20% tartaric acid.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein contacting further comprises repeated contacts with compositions having different concentrations of tartaric acid.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein contacting further comprises successive contacts, each contact including a higher concentration of tartaric acid.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein contacting comprises tidal breathing.
- 7. The method of claim 1, wherein contacting further comprises an aerosol of said composition.
- 8. The method of claim 1, wherein contacting comprises repeated contacts by an aerosol of said composition.
- 9. The method of claim 1, wherein contacting comprises progressively increasing concentrations of said composition in an aerosol.
- 10. The method of claim 1, wherein contacting comprises progressively increasing concentrations of tartaric acid in an aerosol of said composition.
- 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier comprises saline solution.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 09/064,028, filed Apr. 21, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,004,268.
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