PREVENTIVES/REMEDIES FOR COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES.

摘要

Preventives/remedies for complications of diabetes containing as the active ingredient 4-['alpha'-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-(1-imidazolyl)benyzl]-3,5-dime thylbenzoic acid, optical isomers thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and a method for preventing or treating complications of diabetes by administering the above compounds in an efficacious dose. These drugs are useful in the prevention and treatment of complications of diabetes such as diabetic neuropathy, nephropathy, ocular disorders and arterial sclerosis. Moreover, they can exhibit long lasting effects even in an extremely small dose, which makes it possible to take the drugs only once a day.