Pulmonary hypertension preventative or therapeutic agent containing crude drug
A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a novel preventive or therapeutic agent for pulmonary hypertension containing as an active ingredient a compound that has not been known for a therapeutic effect on pulmonary hypertension heretofore. The present invention provides a preventive or therapeutic agent for pulmonary hypertension containing emetine or a salt thereof.
1. A method of treating pulmonary hypertension, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective dose of emetine or a salt thereof.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a daily dose of the preventive or therapeutic agent for pulmonary hypertension is 8 mg or less in terms of dose of emetine.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein pulmonary hypertension is pulmonary arterial hypertension.
4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein pulmonary hypertension is pulmonary arterial hypertension.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein emetine or a salt is orally administered.
6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein emetine or a salt is orally administered.
7. The method according to claim 3 , wherein emetine or a salt is orally administered.
8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein emetine or a salt is orally administered.