Abstract: A method for simultaneously treating osteoporosis and hypertension in the same individual by the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable alkalinizing potassium salts, such as potassium bicarbonate, preferably in the form of a dietary supplement.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 1995
Date of Patent:
June 16, 1998
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California
Inventors:
R. Curtis Morris, Jr., Anthony Sebastian