Patent ID: 6476072
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: A23L,A61K

Abstract:
A method of treating menstrual pain in a female person in need of such treatment, which comprises the oral administration to such person, of mega-nutrient doses of 2 to 20 grams up to eight times daily of at least one sulfur-containing amino-acid derivative having the formula (I) in which A is hydrogen or a carboxymethylene -CH2CO2H group, 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 to 3 carbon atoms, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of such compound, provided that A, 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 160 grams daily.