ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,151, issued on Sept. 15.
"Non-hormonal treatment of hot flashes" was invented by Robert L. Knobler (Fort Washington, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention describes the use of dopamine agonists with affinity for the dopamine D2, D3, or Da receptors (the D2 family) for treatment of hot flashes, regardless of their being caused by natural aging in women or medical/surgical intervention of the HPG axis in either sex. The D2 family of dopamine receptors is most responsive to D2 agonist molecules, but also responsive to multiple other molecules that directly or indirectly utilize this pathway. Alpha-2-adrenergic agonis...