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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
R. Keith Frank, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1675 ; A61K 3/166 ; A61K 3/1685 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1675 ; A61K 3/166 ; A61K 3/1685 ;
Abstract
A method for preventing loss of bone mineral in mammals which method comprises administering to a mammal an amount of an aminoalkylenephosphonate which is effective to prevent or minimize loss of bone material density. The aminoalkylenephophonates of the present invention should have at least one R-N(Alk-PO H ) group or at least two RRN-Alk-PO H groups wherein R and R can be, same or different, aliphatic or cyclic moiety, and Alk is an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.