Poly(diallylamine)-based bile acid sequestrants
US6203785A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08G61/12
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for removing bile acids from a patient and certain polymers of use in the method. The method comprises the step of administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer composition which includes a a poly(diallylamine) polymer which is substituted with hydrophobic groups. The hydrophobic groups can be a substituted or unsubstituted, straight chain or branched C.sub.3 -C.sub.24 -alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group.
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