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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
May. 07, 2002
Michael W. Leach, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Mark R. Berardi, Sussex, NJ (US);
Elmer J. Mirro, Wantage, NJ (US);
Dineshwar Sinha, Newton, NJ (US);
Jonathan A. Pachter, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Mark E. Cartwright, Sparta, NJ (US);
Gregory A. Reichard, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Schering Corporation, Kenilworth, NJ (US);
Abstract
Use of an antagonist selected from the group consisting of: (a) antagonists of neurokinin-1 (NK ), neurokinin-2 (NK ) and neurokinin-3 (NK ) receptors, (b) antagonists of NK and NK receptors, (c) antagonists of NK and NK receptors, (d) antagonists of NK and NK receptors, (e) antagonists of NK receptors, and (f) antagonists of NK to treat symptoms and disorders associated with a production and/or secretion of androgen. One aspect of the invention relates to the use of antagonists to suppress production/secretion of androgens in mammals suffering from an androgen-dependent disease, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatic carcinoma.