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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1991
John W Holaday, Rowayton, CT (US);
Jonah Shacknai, New York, NY (US);
Leonard L Mazur, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Medicis Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a method for lowering serum levels of Lp(a), thereby reducing the risk of atherosclerotic disease. Specifically, the present invention comprises administering an effective amount of a N,S-diacyl-L-cysteine to a human or animal with elevated serum levels of Lp(a). The N,S-diacyl-L-cysteines comprise a compound selected from the group having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an alkyl group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms and R' is selected from the group consisting of acetyl, benzoly, thenoyl, 2-chromone-carbonyl and succinyl, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.