| abstract |
A method for removing bile salts from a patient by ion exchange by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of one or more highly crosslinked polymers characterized by a repeat unit having the formula ##STR1## or copolymer thereof, where n is an integer; R 1 is H or a C 1 -C 8 alkyl group: M is ##STR2## Z is O, NR 3 , S, or (CH 2 ) m ; m=0-10; R 3 is H or a C 1 -C 8 alkyl group; and R 2 is ##STR3## where p=0-10, and each R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 , independently is H, a C 1 -C 8 alkyl group, or an aryl group. |