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US 6,274,622 B1Granted
Method of treating diabetic ophthalmopathy
OwnerFrederick H. Hausheer, Aulma Parker +1inventors
InventorsFrederick H. Hausheer, Aulma Parker, Seetharamulu Peddaiaghari
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method of treating patients afflicted with diabetic ophthalmopathy. The method includes administering to a patient in need of treatment an effective amount of a thiol or reducible disulfide compound according to the formula set forth in the specification.
Claims4
A method of treating a patient afflicted with diabetic ophthalmopathy, said method comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of formula I:
- wherein:
- Rhd 1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or
- R2 and R5 are each individually SO3−M+, PO32−M22+, or PO2S2−M22+;
- R3 and R5 are each individually hydrogen, hydroxy or sulfhydryl;
- m and n are individually 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that if m or n is 0, then R3 is hydrogen;
- and
- M is hydrogen or an alkali metal ion;
- or
- a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.