METHOD OF PREVENTING AND TREATING HEPATIC DISEASE USING A2B ADENOSINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS
The invention is related to methods of preventing and treating hepatic fibrosis using A 2B adenosine receptor antagonists and utility in the treatment and prevention of liver damage caused by alcohol abuse, surgical intervention, viral hepatitis, the ingestion of hepatotoxic drugs, or other hepatic diseases. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions for use in the method.
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22 . A method of treating viral hepatitis by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the name 3-ethyl-1-propyl-8-(1-{[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]methyl}pyrazol-4-yl)-1,3,7-trihydropurine-2,6-dione and the chemical formula
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the compound is administered orally.
24 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the compound is administered by IV.
25 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the mammal is human.