Patent ID: 6517825
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method for sequestering bile acids in a patient comprising orally administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a crosslinked polyether copolymer comprising a repeat unit of the general formula: whereinn and m are each, independently, 0, 1 or 2; p is an integer from 0 to about 6; R1, R2 and R3 are each, independently, a hydrogen atom; a substituted or unsubstituted, linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group; or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; and Xâˆ’ is a pharmaceutically acceptable anion; or if at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is hydrogen, the unprotonated basic form thereof.