POLY (POTASSIUM AND SODIUM STYRENE SULFONATE), ITS MANUFACTURE AND ITS USES

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea, such as that caused by Clostridium difficile, represents a serious medical complication that can result from administering a broad-spectrum antibiotic to a subject. Such diarrhea leads to significant potassium loss from the subject. The present invention discloses a p...

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Hauptverfasser: MHASKAR, SUNIL, V, CHORGHADE, MUKUND, S, KURTZ, CAROLINE, I, KATTI, SANJEEV, S, CHANCELLOR-ADAMS, TONI, G, BHAGAT, HITESH, R
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Zusammenfassung:Antibiotic-associated diarrhea, such as that caused by Clostridium difficile, represents a serious medical complication that can result from administering a broad-spectrum antibiotic to a subject. Such diarrhea leads to significant potassium loss from the subject. The present invention discloses a polymeric therapeutic agent that treats antibiotic-associated diarrhea and is physiologically potassium neutral. This polymer contains polystyrene sodium sulfonate and polystyrene potassium sulfonate repeat units.