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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henry T Stratton, Glendale, WI (US);
Tammy K Antonucci, Mequon, WI (US);
Erwin Schollmayer, Leverkusen, DE;
Assignee:
Schwarz Pharma, Inc., Mequon, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514573 ;
Abstract
A method of preventing renal failure or dysfunction caused by medical tests which utilize contrast media by administering, preferably by intravenous infusion or injection, a prostaglandin selected from PGE.sub.1, PGE.sub.2, PGI.sub.2 or an analog or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and preferably in a form of a complex with .alpha.-cyclodextrin, to a patient at risk, for example, a diabetic.