A method for treating gout and/or reducing serum uric acid levels in a patient is disclosed that includes administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an amine polymer, for example, an aliphatic amine polymer. In one embodiment, the polymer binds to uric acid or a precursor thereof. Examples of polymers useful in an embodiment of the invention include sevelamer hydrochloride and colesevelam. The invention includes the use of amine polymers such as a cross-linked polymer characterized by a repeat unit having the formula:
1
and salts and copolymers thereof, where n is a positive integer and x is zero or an integer between 1 and about 4. Also described is a use, for the manufacture of a medicament, of a polymer that binds serum uric acid in a patient.
本发明揭示了一种治疗痛风和/或减少患者血清
尿酸水平的方法,包括向患者投予治疗有效量的胺基高分子,例如脂肪族胺基高分子。在一种实施例中,该高分子与
尿酸或其前体结合。在本发明实施例中有用的高分子的例子包括
盐酸西维拉麦和考来西韦。本发明包括使用胺基高分子,例如交联聚合物,其重复单元具有公式1,以及其盐和共聚物,其中n是正整数,x为0或介于1到约4之间的整数。本发明还描述了一种用于制造药物的用途,该药物能够结合患者血清
尿酸。