METHOD FOR TREATING GOUT AND REDUCING SERUM URIC ACID

摘要

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 alipathic amine polymer. Examples of polymers useful in the invention are sevelamer hydrogen chloride and colesevelam. The invention includes the use of amine polymers such as a cross-linked polymer characterized by a repeat unit having the formula (I): 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 reduces serum uric acid levels in a patient.