Method for administering immunopotentiator

Claim 1

A method for potentiating the immune response of a host, which method consists essentially of administering to a host having an immune system and needing potentiation of its immune response, an immunopotentiating agent that is a member selected from the group consisting of an immunopotentiating lipid, immunopotentiating levamisole, immunopotentiating cord factor, immunopotentiating tilorane, immunopotentiating saponin, immunopotentiators prepared synthetically and derived from the endocrine system, immunopotentiators prepared synthetically and derived from the lymph system and immunopotentiators prepared synthetically and derived from the reticuloendothelial system, and wherein said agent is administered from a therapeutic delivery system that limits the contact of the host with the agent until the agent is released from the system, thereby lessening the incidence of local inflammation, fever and adverse biological response of the host to the agent, which agent is administered at a controlled rate and continously in a therapeutically effective amount of at least one picogram for a prolonged period of time for potentiating the immune response.

Claim 2

A method for potentiating the immune response of a host, which method consists essentially of administering to a host having an immune system and needing potentiation of its immune response, an immunopotentiating agent that is a member selected from the group consisting of an immunopotentiating lipid, immunopotentiating levamisole, immunopotentiating cord factor, immunopotentiating tilorane, immunopotentiating saponin, immunopotentiators prepared synthetically and derived from the endocrine system, immunopotentiators prepared synthetically and derived from the lymph system and immunopotentiators prepared synthetically and derived from the reticuloendothelial system, and wherein said agent is administered from a therapeutic delivery system that limits the contact of the host with the agent until the agent is released from the system, thereby lessening the incidence of local inflammation, fever and adverse biological response of the host to the agent, which agent is administered at a controlled rate and continously in a therapeutically effective amount of at least one picogram for a prolonged period of time for potentiating the immune response.

Claim 4

A method for potentiating the immune response of a host, which method consists essentially of administering to a host having an immune system and needing potentiation of its immune response, an immunopotentiating agent that is a member selected from the group consisting essentially of an immunopotentiating lipopolysaccharide, immunopotentiating protein, immunopotentiating peptide, immunopotentiating peptidoglycan, immunopotentiating glycopeptides, immunopotentiating interferon, immunopotentiating lymphokines, and immunopotentiating muramyl peptide, and wherein said agent is administered from a therapeutic delivery system that limits the contact of the host with the agent until the agent is released from the system, thereby lessening the incidence of local inflammation, fever and adverse biological response of the host to the agent, which agent is administered at a controlled rate and continuously in a therapeutically effective amount of at least one picogram for a prolonged period of time for potentiating the immune response.

Claim 5

A method for potentiating the immune response of a host, which method consists essentially of administering to a host having an immune system and needing potentiation of its immune response, an immunopotentiating agent that is a member selected from the group consisting essentially of an immunopotentiating lipopolysaccharide, immunopotentiating protein, immunopotentiating peptide, immunopotentiating peptidoglycan, immunopotentiating glycopeptides, immunopotentiating interferon, immunopotentiating lymphokines, and immunopotentiating muramyl peptide, and wherein said agent is administered from a therapeutic delivery system that limits the contact of the host with the agent until the agent is released from the system, thereby lessening the incidence of local inflammation, fever and adverse biological response of the host to the agent, which agent is administered at a controlled rate and continuously in a therapeutically effective amount of at least one picogram for a prolonged period of time for potentiating the immune response.