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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Werner Tschollar, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Cary S Yonce, Newtown, PA (US);
James L Bergey, Lansdale, PA (US);
James C Kawano, Narberth, PA (US);
Assignee:
E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 91 ; 514423 ; 514460 ; 514510 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for preventing or reducing the risk of hypertension in normotensive patients having insulin resistance by administering a cholesterol lowering drug, such as pravastatin, alone or in combination with an ACE inhibitor, especially one containing a mercapto moiety, such as captopril or zofenopril.