Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Identification or warning feature – Taste or smell or chemical irritation to the eye – nose – or...
Patent
1988-10-24
1990-04-24
Robinson, Douglas W.
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Identification or warning feature
Taste or smell or chemical irritation to the eye, nose, or...
514492, A61K 3128
Patent
active
049199170
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides (1) an agent for reducing the nephrotoxicity caused by cyclosporin administration, characterized by containing, as an effective component, an organogermanium compound represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 are each a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group such as methyl, ethyl or the like which may be the same or different, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and X is a hydroxyl group, an O-lower alkyl group, an amino group or O.sup.- Y.sup.+ (Y is a metal such as sodium, potassium or the like, or a basic group-containing compound such as lysozyme, basic amino acid or the like), and (2) a method for reducing the nephrotoxicity caused by cyclosporin administration, characterized by administering, in need of such treatment, an effective amount of an organogermanium compound represented by the above formula (I).
REFERENCES:
Chem. Abstracts 107(1):471g "Mechanisms of Cyclosporin A Hypertension", Lustig et al., 7/6/87.
Kakimoto Norihiro
Kumano Kazuo
Nakamura Kunie
Asai Germanium Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Henley III Raymond J.
Robinson Douglas W.
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