METHOD FOR TREATING PERIPHERAL ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE EMPLOYING A CHOLESTEROL LOWERING DRUG, AN ACE INHIBITOR, OR A COMBINATION THEREOF

摘要

A method is provided for treating peripheral atherosclerotic disease (arteriosclerosis obliterans) and/or intermittent claudication employing a cholesterol lowering drug such as an HMG CoA reductase inhibitor alone and/or an inhibitor of the enzyme squalene synthetase and optionally a pharmaceutical which reduces serum cholesterol by a mechanism other than inhibiting production of the enzyme HMG CoA reductase or the enzyme squalene synthetase, for example, probucol or gemfibrozil; employing an ACE inhibitor alone such as captopril or ceranapril; or a combination of a cholesterol lowering drug and an ACE inhibitor.