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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1997
Anthony H Cincotta, Andover, MA (US);
Albert H Meier, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Ergo Research Corporation, Wakefield, RI (US);
The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural, , US;
Abstract
A therapeutic package for dispensing to, or for use in dispensing to, a vertebrate being treated for a metabolic condition selected from the group consisting of obesity, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperglycemia comprising one or more unit doses of bromocriptine and labeling directing the use of the package in the treatment of the metabolic condition in a dosage regimen under which the delivery of the bromocriptine is confined to the period during the day near the time of day at which the serum prolactin concentration of a lean, insulin sensitive vertebrate of the same sex is low, and further directing the use of said package in conjunction with the concomitant administration to the vertebrate of one or more unit doses providing a therapeutically effective amount of a prolactin stimulator in a dosage regimen under which the delivery of the prolactin stimulator is confined to the period during the day after the time at which the serum prolactin concentration of a lean, insulin-sensitive vertebrate of the same sex reaches its lowest point and prior to the time of day when the prolactin concentration rises to a peak in lean, insulin-sensitive vertebrates of the same sex.