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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert E. Garfield, Friendswood, TX (US);
Kristof Chwalisz, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/158 ; A61K 3/156 ; A61K 3/166 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/158 ; A61K 3/156 ; A61K 3/166 ;
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease, including preeclampsia in pregnant women and hypertension in both women and men, are prevented or treated by administering thereto prostacyclin or a prostacyclin analog in combination with one or both of an estrogen and a progestin, which combination is also useful for HRT in peri- and post-menopausal women.