US 7,498,359 B2
	Composition and method for preventing recurrence of stroke
Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, Hyogo (Japan); Hideki Origasa, Toyama (Japan); Masunori Matsuzaki, Yamaguchi (Japan); Yuji Matsuzawa, Hyogo (Japan); and Yasushi Saito, Chiba (Japan)
Assigned to Mochida Pharmaceutical., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/486,091.
Claims priority of application No. 2006-029954 (JP), filed on Feb. 07, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2007/0185198 A1, Aug. 09, 2007
Int. Cl. A61K 31/215 (2006.01); A61K 31/33 (2006.01); A61K 31/335 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 514—529  [514/183; 514/452]

5 Claims

1. A method for reducing recurrence of stroke, comprising administering ethyl icosapentate orally to a patient that has had at least one stroke at a dose of 0.3 g/day to 6.0 g/day in combination with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor.