Method of lowering blood lipid levels

U.S. Patent Number: 5391551

Abstract: A method of lowering blood lipid levels, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment an effective amount of a compound of formula I ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R.sup.1 is hydroxy or a group capable of being removed in vivo to produce a compound of formula I wherein R.sup.1 is OH; and X and Y are the same or different and are selected from hydrogen, trifluoromethyl, fluoro, and chloro.

Inventors: Peterson; Michael J. (Waterford, CT)

Assignee: Pfizer Inc. (New York, NY)

Application Number: 08/059,688

Issued: 1995-02-21

Expired: 2007-02-21

Classes: 514/248 ; 514/824

Field of search: 514/248,824

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