Pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting absorption of cholesterol
First Claim
1. A pharmaceutical composition in effective unit dosage amounts for inhibiting the absorption of cholesterol comprising from about 0.1 gram to about 5 grams of a polyol fatty acid ester having at least four fatty acid esters groups, wherein the polyol is selected from the group consisting of sugars and sugar alcohols containing from four to eight hydroxyl groups and wherein each fatty acid group has from about eight to about 22 carbon atoms.
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Abstract
Pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting the absorption of cholesterol comprising effective unit dosage amounts of a polyol fatty acid ester having at least four fatty acid ester groups; and a method for treating and/or preventing hypercholesterolemia in an animal comprising systematically administering to such animal successive therapeutically effective doses of said polyol fatty acid ester.
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- 1. A pharmaceutical composition in effective unit dosage amounts for inhibiting the absorption of cholesterol comprising from about 0.1 gram to about 5 grams of a polyol fatty acid ester having at least four fatty acid esters groups, wherein the polyol is selected from the group consisting of sugars and sugar alcohols containing from four to eight hydroxyl groups and wherein each fatty acid group has from about eight to about 22 carbon atoms.
- 5. A method for treating hypercholesterolemia by inhibiting the absorption of cholesterol comprising systemically administering to an animal susceptible to or afflicted with hypercholesterolemia successive therapeutically effective doses of a polyol fatty acid ester having at least 4 fatty acid esters groups, wherein the polyol is selected from the group consisting of sugars and sugar alcohols containing from four to eight hydroxyl groups and wherein each fatty acid group has from about eight to about 22 carbon atoms.
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