Patent ID: 6190649
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method for sequestering bile acids in a patient comprising orally administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polyether polymer comprising a repeat unit of the general formula: ##STR4##whereinn and m are each, independently, 0, 1 or 2;p is an integer from 0 to about 6;R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each, independently, a hydrogen atom;a substituted or unsubstituted, linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group; or asubstituted or unsubstituted aryl group; andX.sup.- is a pharmaceutically acceptable anion; orif at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is hydrogen, the unprotonated basic form thereof.