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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kristof Chwalisz, Berlin, DE;
Robert E Garfield, Friendswood, TX (US);
Assignees:
Schering Aktiengesellschaft and Board of Regents, Berlin, DE;
The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514177 ; 514178 ; 5142362 ; 514470 ; 514565 ; 514668 ;
Abstract
The symptoms of climacterium in male mammals, e.g., hypertension, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis, are ameliorated by the administration to an afflicted individual one or both of a nitric oxide substrate and/or nitric acid donor, in combination with an androgen, an aromatase inhibitor or both, wherein the circulating levels of testosterone in the afflicted individual are increased.