Inventors:
Monto Ho - Pittsburgh PA
Phalguni Gupta - Pittsburgh PA
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education - Pittsburgh PA
International Classification:
A61K 31285
Abstract:
A method of treating a patient for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) inces administering to the individual patient intravenously a therapeutically effective dosage of oxyphenarshine (3 amino-4 hydroxyphenyl-arsineoxide hydrochloride). The dose emplyed may be up to about 1 milligram per kilogram of body weight administered 1 to 2 times weekly. The oxyphenarsine is preferably administered in such an amount as to achieve in said patient a blood serum concentration of about 0. 12 to 6. 0 micrograms per milliliter.