Claims for Patent: 4,983,598

Summary for Patent: 4,983,598

Title:	Pharmaceutical composition containing diltiazem and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor
Abstract:	Compositions of diltiazem and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor useful for the treatment of hypertension, cardiac insufficiency and coronary insufficiency.
Inventor(s):	Cavero; Icilio (Creteil, FR), Elkik; Francois (Paris, FR), Hicks; Peter (Cachan, FR), Muller; Jean-Claude (Morsang S/Orge, FR)
Assignee:	Synthelabo (Paris, FR)
Application Number:	07/195,151
Patent Claims:	1. A pharmaceutical composition containing a combination of 10-360 mg of diltiazem and 1-100 mg of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, enalapril useful for the treatment of hypertension, cardiac insufficiency, and coronary insufficiency, such that the anti-hypertensive effect observed upon combined administration of diltiazem and said angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor is greater than the sum of the individual anti-hypertensive effects observed upon the separate administration of diltiazem and said angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor alone. 2. A method for treatment of hypertension, cardiac insufficiency or coronary insufficiency comprising administering to a subject suffering therefrom a pharmaceutical composition containing a combination of 10 to 360 mg of diltiazem and 1 to 100 mg of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, enalapril, such that the anti-hypertenive effect observed upon administration of the combined administration of diltiazem and said angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor is greater than the sum of the individual anti-hypertensive effects observed upon the separate administration of diltiazem and said angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor alone.