Patent ID: 6987131

Claim:
A method for the treatment or inhibition of hypercholesterolemia or hypertriglyceridemia in an affected patient, comprising the step of: administering to the patient a composition comprising a therapeutically-effective amount of a compound of either Formula I: wherein R and R 1 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, lower alkoxy (C 1-6 ), or lower alkyl (C 1-6 ); R 2 is selected from the group consisting of aryl (C 6-12 ) and substituted aryl; M is hydrogen, sodium, potassium, ammonium, diethanolamine, cyclohexylamine, a naturally-occurring amino acid of MW less than 500 kD, lower alkyl (C 1-6 ), cycloalkyl, or aryl (C 6-12 ); and n is 0–5; or b) Formula III: wherein R and R 1 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, lower alkoxy (C 1-6 ), or lower alkyl (C 1-6 ); R 2 is selected from the group consisting of aryl (C 6-12 ) and substituted aryl; M is hydrogen, sodium, potassium, ammonium, diethanolamine, cyclohexylamine, a naturally-occurring amino acid of MW less than 500 kD, lower alkyl (C 1-6 ), cycloalkyl, or aryl (C 6-12 ); and n is 0–5; or c) any combination thereof.