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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2006
Masahiko Takenaka, Fukuyama, JP;
Yoshihisa Yamane, Fuchu, JP;
Nobutaka Ida, Fujisawa, JP;
Hajimu Kurumatani, Fujisawa, JP;
Masahiko Takenaka, Fukuyama, JP;
Yoshihisa Yamane, Fuchu, JP;
Nobutaka Ida, Fujisawa, JP;
Hajimu Kurumatani, Fujisawa, JP;
Toray Industries, Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A therapeutic agent and a treatment method for uremia of human and animals, which therapeutic agent can be easily taken, has lower side effects, and which is not expensive in view of medical economics, are disclosed. The therapeutic agent for uremia in patients suffering from chronic renal failure comprises as an effective ingredient a prostaglandin Iderivative having a specific structure, such as beraprost sodium. The therapeutic agent for uremia ameliorates the uremia concurred in patients with chronic renal failure without accompanying side effects, and restoration of decreased appetite, improvements in activities, increase in body weight and the like are achieved. The therapeutic effect of uremia is clear alleviation or disappearance of symptoms of uremia grasped as clinical symptoms, observed in the state of renal failure, especially even in spite of the state wherein the decrease in renal function is progressed.