Patent ID: 7261880
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method for treating Syndrome X in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of colesevelam or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, alone or in combination with an antihyperlipidemic agent; a plasma HDL-raising agent; an antihypercholesterolemic agent; an acyl-coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibitor; a cholesterol absorption inhibitor; a bile acid sequestrant anion exchange resin; an LDL (low density lipoprotein) receptor inducer; a fibrate; vitamin B 6 (also known as pyridoxine) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; vitamin B 12 ; an anti-oxidant vitamin; an angiotensin II antagonist converting enzyeme inhibitor; or a platelet aggregation inhibitor.