Patent ID: 7160853

Claim:
A method for the treatment of hypovolaemia or hypotension in a subject in need thereof following or during therapeutic paracentesis, comprising administering a peptide according to the general formulae 1 or a salt thereof to said subject following or during therapeutic paracentesis, wherein: Asn, Cys, Gln, Gly, Phe and Pro represent the amino acid residues asparigine, cysteine, glutamine, glycine, phenylalanine and proline respectively; Phe (X) represents a phenylalanine residue optionally substituted at the 4-position of the aromatic ring by a group selected from methyl, ethyl, hydroxy and methoxy; Y represents a group —(CH2) a —NH-Q, where a ranges from 2–5 inclusive and Q is H or C(═NH) NH 2 ; and R represents a chain of between two and four α-amino acid residues, at least one of which is glycine, as the active agent.