Simultaneous treatment of osteoporosis and hypertension with potassium bicarbonate
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsR. Curtis Morris, Jr., Anthony Sebastian
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Abstract
A method for simultaneously treating osteoporosis and hypertension in the same individual by the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable alkalinizing potassium salts, such as potassium bicarbonate, preferably in the form of a dietary supplement.
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A method for the simultaneous treatment of both hypertension and osteoporosis in a person who has or is susceptible to both such diseases and who is on a diet having a normal range of salt content, comprising orally administering to such person a composition containing a major amount of potassium bicarbonate as the principal active ingredient for the simultaneous treatment of hypertension and osteoporosis, the potassium bicarbonate being administered in an amount sufficient to have a measurable effect upon both hypertension and osteoporosis, which can be shown experimentally to be due to the presence of potassium bicarbonate, but not sufficient to induce undesirable toxic effects.
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