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Method of using ketoconazole and related substances in medicaments for treatment of type II diabetes and methods of treating same

US6166017A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 1998
Grant dateDec 26, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B1/08
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for the medical treatment of diabetes mellitus type II and for counteracting the risk factors forming part of the Metabolic syndrome (also known as the "deadly quartet" or "syndrome X" or the Insulin Resistance Syndrome) in a patient having increased cortisol activity, which method of treatment comprises decreasing said increased cortisol activity in said patient by the steps of providing an inhibitor of cortisol synthesis.

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