Patent ID: 8299097

Claim:
A method of treating aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) in a subject, the method comprising administering to a subject having AERD a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the formula: in which Y represent hydroxyl, an OR group wherein R is a straight or branched lower aklyl radical, or in which R 1 and R 2 are each independent of each other and represent hydrogen or a straight or branched lower alkyl group; or R 1 and R 2 form together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached a heterocycle, selected from the group consisting of pyrrolidino, pipieridino, morpholino, piperazino, N-lower alkyl piperazino; and X represents hydrogen, a halogen or a lower alkyl radical; and their addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable mineral or organic acids if Y represents the group OR or or with mineral bases if Y represents OH, including both enantiomeric forms or their mixture.