Patent ID: 6479547
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method of treating an infectious condition in a person in need of such treatment, which comprises the oral administration to such person, in the absence of a therapeutically effective concentration of a precursor of uric acid, of mega-nutrient doses of 2 to 20 grams up to five times daily of at least one sulfur-containing amino-acid derivative having the formula (I) in which A is hydrogen, 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 carbon atom, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of such compound, provided that B and X are not simultaneously hydrogen, and provided further that the total dose is at least 10 grams daily and not in excess of 100 grams daily.