Antithrombotic treatment with quaternary ammonium sulfites and bisulfites

A method for treating a thrombotic condition comprising the step of orally feeding to a patient having a thrombotic condition from about 1 to 100 mg per kg of body weight per day in at least two spaced doses at least one agent having the formulas:

• ##STR4## wherein:
• R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each an independently selected lower alkyl radical, m and n are integers whose combined sum is equal to 2, and n is 0 or 1.

A method for treating a thrombotic condition comprising the steps of injecting into a patient having a thrombotic condition at a dose rate of from about 1 to 100 mg per kg of body weight per day in at least two spaced doses at least one agent having the formulas:

• ##STR5## where:
• R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each an independently selected lower alkyl radical, m and n are integers whose combined sum is equal to 2, and n is 0 or 1.

A method for preventing thrombosis of deep veins following surgery in a human patient comprising the step of treating said human patient post-operatively with an antithrombotically effective amount of at least one agent having the formula:

• ##STR6## where:
• R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each an independently selected lower alkyl radical, m and n are integers whose combined sum is equal to 2, and n is 0 or 1.