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US 6,281,199 B1Granted
Method of treatment of heart disease caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae
AssigneePfizer Inc.
InventorSandeep Gupta
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Abstract
A method of combatting atherosclerosis by administering an effective amount of a macrolide antibiotic, for example an azalide such as azithromycin, optionally together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients, to a subject.
Claims4
A method of treating atherosclerosis in a patient in need thereof, said method comprising administering an effective amount of azithromycin or a derivative thereof, optionally together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients, to a subject.
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