Method of treating chronic progressive vascular scarring diseases

摘要

A method of treating a mammalian patient suffering from a chronic progressive vascular scarring disease (CPVSD), particularly arteriosclerotic diseases such as atherosclerosis, to halt or at least slow substantially the progress of the disease and cause resolution and/or diminution of already-formed scarring and lesions. The method consists of the administration to the patient of a pharmaceutical composition containing an effective amount of pentosan polysulfate (PPS) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The oral route of administration is preferred, with the total daily dosage of PPS or PPS salt ranging from about 5 to about 30 mg/kg of patient body weight, or about 350 to about 2,000 mg per day in adult human patients.