| abstract |
The present invention is directed to improved methods for treating certain selegiline-responsive diseases or conditions and, more specifically, to methods in which selegiline is administered buccally or sublingually. Selegiline may be used ether as a free base or as a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt. The selegiline-responsive diseases or conditions include neuronal-degenerative diseases and conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease and neuronal damage from hypoxia, stroke, ischemia, and trauma, and dopaminergic-related, selegiline responsive diseases and conditions such as depression and ADHD. |