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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Anthony H Cincotta, Andover, MA (US);
Albert H Meier, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
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.