Patent ID: 6129930
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A daily method of treating hyperlipidemia in a patient comprising orally administering to the patient a sustained release composition of nicotinic acid once per day during the evening for providing an effective antihyperidemic amount of nicotinic acid to the patient to induce at least some lowering of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides and Lp(a) and at least some increase in HDL cholesterol in the patient's blood stream, without causing abnormalities in uric acid levels or glucose levels or both to an extent which would require said daily treatment to be discontinued by the patient, the sustained release composition comprising an effective antihyperlipidemic amount of nicotinic acid and an excipient to provide sustained release of the nicotinic acid.