Therapeutic process for the treatment of the pathologies of type II diabetes

US5866584A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE · US

Inventors

• Anthony H. Cincotta · Baton Rouge, US
• Albert H. Meier · Baton Rouge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 1995
• Grant date: Feb 2, 1999
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/74
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the long term modification and regulation of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism--generally to reduce obesity, insulin resistance, and hyperinsulinemia or hyperglycemia, or both (these are the hallmarks of noninsulin dependent, or Type II diabetes)--by administration (i.e., by oral, sublingual or parenternal administration) to a vertebrate, animal or human, of a dopamine agonist, e.g., bromocriptine. Administration of the bromocriptine is made over a limited period at a time of day dependent on the normal circadian rhythm of insulin resistant and insulin sensitive members of a similar species. Insulin resistance, and hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia, or both, can be controlled in humans on a long term basis by such treatment inasmuch as the short term, daily administration resets hormonal timing in the neural centers of the brain to produce long term effects.