Abstract: A dosage form containing cetirizine as an immediate release component and pseudoephedrine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a controlled release component. A portion of the pseudoephedrine can also be incorporated as an immediate release component. The dosage form is free of alcohols having a molecular weight lower than 100 and reactive derivatives thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula 1 1

Abstract: This invention provides nucleic acid segments derived from the neurokinin 1 receptor (TACR 1) locus of the human genome, including polymorphic sites. Allele-specific primers and probes hybridizing to these sites and to regions flanking these sites are also provided. This invention further provides methods of analyzing a nucleic acid from an individual or a group of individuals. The nucleic acids, primers, and probes are useful for applications including forensics, paternity testing, medicine, e.g., the correlation of polymorphisms with phenotypic traits, and genetic analysis, e.g., genetic mapping of such phenotypic traits.

Abstract: The invention provides the use of a compound formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 independently represent H or C1-C6 alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of: dermatological disorders; peripheral neuropathies; arthritis; gastrointestinal or urogenital disease; headache associated with substances or their withdrawal; tension headache; pediatric migraine; post-traumatic dysautonomic cephalgia; orofacial pain; allergic or chronic obstructive airways diseases, glaucoma or ocular inflammation; or prophylaxis of migraine 1

Abstract: Substituted pyrido[1,2-a]pyrazines of general formula I; wherein Ar and Ar1 represent various carbocyclic and heterocyclic aromatic rings; A represents O, S, SO, SO2, CHOH, C═O, or —(CR3R4); and n is 0-2, as well as precursors thereto, are ligands for dopamine receptor subtypes and serotonin (5HT) within the body and are therefore useful in the treatment of disorders of the dopamine and serotonin systems: 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, 1

Abstract: The use of certain 6-arylpyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-ones, 2 arylquinazolin-4-ones, 2-arylpurin-6-ones and 2-arylpyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-ones, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition containing either entity, for the manufacture of a medicament for the curative or prophylactic treatment of erectile dysfunction in a male animal, including man; a pharmaceutical composition for said treatment; and a method of said treatment of said animal with said pharmaceutical composition or with said either entity.

Abstract: An oral rinse, dentifrice, or oral gel composition comprising: a) about 0.01 weight % to about 5 weight % of a citrus flavor, citrus flavor ingredient, or mixtures thereof; b) about 0.01 weight % to about 5 weight % of a phenolic, said phenolic selected from the group consisting of menthol, eucalyptol, methyl salicylate, thymol, triclosan, and mixtures thereof; and c) an orally acceptable carrier. The claimed composition is useful in retarding the development of plaque, treating gingivitis, and reducing the viable population of micro-organisms in the oral cavity of a mammal.

Abstract: The invention features non-human mammals and animal cells that contain a targeted disruption of a kinase suppressor of Ras (KSR) gene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein R2, R3, R6 and A are defined as in the specification, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their medicinal use. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment or alleviation of inflammation and other inflammation associated disorders, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, colon cancer and Alzheimer's disease, in mammals (preferably humans, dogs, cats and livestock).

Abstract: The invention provides metabolites of the compound 2-amino-N-[2-(3a(R)-benzyl-2-methyl-3-oxo-2,3,3a,4,6,7-hexahydro-pyrazolo-[4,3-c]pyridin-5-yl)-1-(R)-benzyl-oxymethyl-2-oxo-ethyl]-isobutyramide, the racemic-diastereomeric mixtures and optical isomers thereof, the prodrugs thereof, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the metabolites, racemic-diastereomeric mixtures, optical isomers, and prodrugs; to pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and to methods of using the metabolites and the compositions in the treatment of diseases associated with reduced levels of growth hormone.

Abstract: The present invention provides diazabicyclooctane derivatives of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the group represents R1 and R2 are selected independently from H, (C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)fluoroalkyl, halogen (e.g., F.

Abstract: This invention relates to prostaglandin agonists, methods of using such prostaglandin agonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing such prostaglandin agonists and kits containing such prostaglandin agonists. The prostaglandin agonists are useful for the treatment of bone disorders including osteoporosis.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods of treating neurodegenerative diseases, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment an N-NOS inhibitor in combination with either: (a) NMDA receptor antagonist; (b) a sodium channel antagonist; (c) an acetylcholine esterase inhibitor; (d) a dopamine agonist; (e) a potassium channel opener; (f) an AMPA/kainate receptor antagonist; (g) a calcium channel antagonist; (h) a GABA-A receptor modulator (e.g., a GABA-A receptor agonist); (i) TPA (j) matrix-metalloprotease inhibitor or (k) L-Dopa. The pharmaceutical compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to 6- or 7-bicyclic-substituted 4-amino-subsituted pyridopyrimidines and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and hydrates thereof. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and to methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders abnormal cell growth in a mammal by administering the compounds.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with means for adjusting the bioavailability of atorvastatin calcium by modulating its rate of release from multiparticulate formulations and with multiparticulate formulations, especially tablets and capsules, having said modulated rate of release.

Abstract: This invention relates to a series of difluoromethylene aromatic ethers of the formula 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the class of purin-2-ylcarboxamides, useful as anti-inflammatory agents, having the formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof; wherein R1 is H, C1-C 6 alkyl or C3-C7 cycloalkyl, each optionally substituted by 1 or 2 of hydroxyl, fluorenyl, or optionally substituted phenyl or naphthyl ; A is a bond or C1-C6 alkylene; R2 is (i) H, C1-C6 alkyl, or optionally substituted C3-C7 cycloalkyl, phenyl, or naphthyl; or (ii) when A is C2-C6 alkylene, —NR3R3, —OR3, —COOR3, —OCOR4, —SO2R4, —CN, —SO2NR3R4, —NR3SO2R4, —NR3COR4 or —CONR3R3; or (iii) a C-linked, 4 to 11 membered, mono or bicyclic heterocycle having either from 1 to 4 ring nitrogen atom(s) or 1 or 2 nitrogen and 1 oxygen or 1 sulphur ring atoms, said heterocycle being optionally C-substituted or N-substituted; or (iv) when A is C2-C6 alkylene, optionally substituted N-linked azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, morpholinyl,

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula These compounds are useful as psychotherapeutic agents.

Abstract: CRF antagonists of Formulas I-V, wherein the B group in the Formulas contains an oxime The variables in the Formulas have the meanings described herein.