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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Rachelle J Galvin, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Bruce D Gitter, Carmel, IN (US);
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing conditions associated with a lack of parathyroid hormone comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having activity as a tachykinin receptor antagonist. In a most preferred embodiment the present invention provides methods of increasing bone growth in a mammal which comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having activity as a tachykinin receptor antagonist. Another embodiment of this invention provides methods of treating hyperparathyroidism in a mammal comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having activity as a tachykinin receptor antagonist.