Patent ID: 6127419
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for the treatment or inhibition of restenosis, comprising:administering to a patient a composition comprising an effective amount of phenylacetic acid, a salt thereof, or an analog thereof, wherein said analog is phenylacetylglutamine, iso-phenylacetylglutamine or of the formula: ##STR7## wherein R is selected from the group consisting H and C.sub.3 H.sub.7 ; R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of H, CH.sub.3, CH.sub.3 --O--, C.sub.2 H.sub.5, and C.sub.3 H.sub.7 ; and R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR8## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of CH.sub.3, Cl, F, and --OH; and n is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4.