Claims
- 1. A pharmaceutical composition consisting of a pharmaceutical grade carrier and a therapeutically effective vasoconstrictive amount of a guanidine compound of a non-toxic acid addition salt thereof, said compound having the formula: ##STR3## wherein: R.sub.1 is hydroxyl, methyl or hydroxymethyl; and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or methyl.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said addition salt is 3',4'-dihydroxyphenylguanidine hydrochloride.
- 3. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said addition salt is 4'-hydroxy-m-tolylguanidine sulfate.
- 4. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said addition salt is 4'-hydroxy-3'-hydroxymethylphenylguanidine hydrochloride.
- 5. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 in a dosage unit form selected from the group consisting of tablets, filled capsules, packets, lozenges, glossets, sterile solutions, suspensions, emulsions, ointments, suppositories and soft gelatin capsules.
- 6. The method of treating a host requiring vasoconstriction comprising administering to said host from about 1 mg to about 5 mg per kilogram of host body weight of a compound according to claim 1 or a non-toxic acid addition salt thereof to provide vasoconstriction in said host.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional application from our copending U.S. application Ser. No. 518,925, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,014,934, filed on Oct. 29, 1974 as a continuation in part of our then copending U.S. application Ser. No. 460,815, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,908,013, filed on Apr. 15, 1974 as a divisional application of our then copending U.S. application Ser. No. 73,244, filed Sept. 17, 1970, now abandoned.
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chem. Abst., vol. 29, col. 1504(8), (1935). |
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Divisions (2)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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