Methods of treating and/or suppressing weight gain
US6710059B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P5/48
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Novel methods for the medical treatment and/or prevention of obesity, abdominal fat, and insulin resistance in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involves the administration of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs). A combination of a SERM with an amount of estrogen or a sex steroid precursor selected from the group consisting of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, androst-5-ene-3b,17b-diol and compounds converted in vivo to one of the foregoing precursors or estrogen is also disclosed.
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