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Method for treating diabetes mellitus

US5480891A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 1993
Grant dateJan 2, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61P3/10
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for treating diabetes mellitus comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutically acceptable inert carrier in combination with an effective amount for treating diabetes mellitus of a carbostyril compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a halogen atom, the position of substitution of the side chain in the carbostyril skeleton being at the 3- or 4-position and the bond between the 3-position and the 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton being a single bond or a double bond.

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