Patent ID: 6476073
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method of treating after-effects of alcohol consumption in a person in need of such treatment, which comprises the administration to such person of mega-nutrient doses of 2 to 20 grams up to five times daily of at least one sulfur-containing amino-acid derivative having that formula (I) in which A is hydrogen or carboxymethylene â€”CH2CO2H group, B is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and X is hydrogen or an acyl group â€”COâ€”R in which R is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of such compound, provided that the total dose is al least 10 grams daily and not in excess of 100 grams daily.