	US 11,850,259 B2
	Methods of treating viral infections affecting the respiratory tract using topically administered lithium agents
Carl Ganio, Wilmington, NC (US)
Assigned to THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/494,230.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,228, filed on Oct. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0105128 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61K 33/14 (2006.01); A61P 37/02 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01)

CPC A61K 33/14 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0073 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61P 37/02 (2018.01)]

17 Claims

1. A method of treating a viral infection characterized by a cytokine storm in the respiratory tract of a subject, the method comprising topically administering to the subject's respiratory tract a therapeutically effective amount of a lithium agent.