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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1993
Filed:
May. 29, 1992
Lorne M Golub, Smithtown, NY (US);
Nangavarum S Ramamurthy, Smithtown, NY (US);
Thomas F McNamara, Port Jefferson, NY (US);
Robert A Greenwald, Melville, NY (US);
Tsutomu Kawai, Kurashiki, JP;
Takashi Hamasaki, Kurashiki, JP;
Michiya Shimamura, Kurashiki, JP;
Goro Kobayashi, Kurashiki, JP;
Tetsuo Takigawa, Kurashiki, JP;
Hisashi Iwata, Nagoya, JP;
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a method of treating humans or animals suffering from a condition or disease characterized by excessive collagen destruction, which comprises administering to said human or animal an effective amount of a 12a-deoxytetracycline represented by the following general formula ##STR1## The method is effective in the treatment of various articular diseases characterized by excessive collagen destruction.