Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating Syndrome X, or inhibiting the onset of symptoms of Syndrome X in a patient, and includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a salt of at least one alkylated and cross-linked polymer, or a copolymer thereof, the polymer salt formed as a product of the reaction of one or more polymers, or salts and copolymers thereof, having a repeat unit that is essentially: 1
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 17, 2002
Publication date:
March 13, 2003
Applicant:
GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Waltham, MA