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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1990
Martin Eisman, Pennington, NJ (US);
Mark E McGovern, Philadelphia, PA (US);
E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for treating peripheral atherosclerotic disease (arteriosclerosis obliterans) and/or intermittent claudication employing a cholesterol lowering drug such as an HMG CoA reductase inhibitor alone and/or an inhibitor of the enzyme squalene synthetase and optionally a pharmaceutical which reduces serum cholesterol by a mechanism other than inhibiting production of the enzyme HMG CoA reductase or the enzyme squalene synthetase, for example, probucol or gemfibrozil; employing an ACE inhibitor alone such as captopril or ceranapril; or a combination of a cholesterol lowering drug and an ACE inhibitor.