Title: Medicine for renal diseases

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1. A method for treating a human exhibiting at least one of the disorders of excessive urinary protein and secondary hyper lipoidemia due to a renal disease which comprises internally administering to said human a methyl methionine sulfonium salt having the formula ##STR4## where R.sup.- represents the chloride or iodide anion in an amount effective to produce at least one of anti-excessive urinary protein therapy and anti-hyper lipoidemia therapy during the course of said renal diseases.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the administration of the methionine salt is oral and in a dosage of 200 to 2000 mg per day.

3. A method for treating a human exhibiting at least one of the disorders of excessive urinary protein and secondary hyper lipoidemia due to a renal disease which comprises internally administering to said human a methyl methionine sulfonium salt having the formula ##STR5## where R.sup.- represents a pharmaceutically acceptable anion in an amount effective to produce at least one of anti-excessive urinary protein therapy and anti-hyper lipoidemia therapy during the course of said renal diseases.

4. The process of claim 1 wherein the administration is in an amount effective to produce anti-hyper lipoidemia therapy.
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Inventors: Kurosawa, Hidehumi (Toride, JP)
Tanaka, Yoshiaki (Sakado, JP)

Application Number: 779778
Filing Date: 1977-03-21
Publication_date: 1978-10-24
Assignee: Kaken Chemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Class(es): 514/562
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US Patent Ref:
Other Refs: 45-4,077

Feb, 1970	JP

Primary Examiner: Waddell, Frederick E.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Oblon, Fisher, Spivak, McClelland & Maier