Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating lameness with an osseous, articular or osteoarticular component, comprising the administration, to a human or to an animal not suffering from arthritis or from fractures, of an effective amount of a bisphosphonic acid derivative of formula: in which: R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl, an amino, a mono(C1-C4)alkylamino or a di(C1-C4) alkylamino; R2 represents a halogen atom, a linear alkyl comprising from 1 to 5 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted with a group chosen from a chlorine atom, a hydroxyl, an amino, a mono (C1-C4) alkylamino or a di(C1-C4) alkylamino; a (C3-C7) cycloalkylamino, or R2 represents a phenoxy, a phenyl, a thiol, a phenylthio, a chlorophenylthio, a pyridyl, a pyridyl-methyl, a 1-pyridyl-1-hydroxymethyl, an imidazolyl-methyl or a 4-thiomorpholinyl, of one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts or of one of its hydrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds which act as agonists at atypical beta-adrenoceptors, for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, especially peptic ulceration, oesophagitis, gastritis and duodenitis, intestinal ulcerations, including inflammatory bowel disease, and gastrointestinal ulcerations, especially when induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or corticosteroids.

Abstract: The present invention describes a novel treatment for neuropsychiatric disorders, including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, somatoform disorders, and neuropsychiatric symptoms resulting from movement disorders. The treatment of the present invention utilizes any agent that simultaneously act as NMDA-type glutamate receptor antagonists and GABA-A receptor agonists. Preferably these two activities are characteristic of a single agent, for example acamprosate (calcium N-acetylhomotaurinate). Alternatively, separate agents having these activities can be combined as a compound or mixture and thereby administered together. The invention also provides for a third agent that acts as a non-competitive NMDA-receptor blocking agent or ion channel blocker, that augments the effect of the primary treatment. A particularly preferred ion channel blocking agent is magnesium.

Abstract: A method of affecting weight loss in humans comprising administering to humans in need thereof with a meal of carbohydrate containing food an amount of miglitol sufficient to lower carbohydrate absorption.

Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for inducing activation of a hedgehog pathway in a cell or tissue comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog agonist, such as a small molecule, in a sufficient amount to achieve a therapeutic result. In certain embodiments, the methods and reagents may be employed to correct or inhibit an aberrant or unwanted growth state, e.g., by antagonizing a normal ptc pathway or agonizing smoothened or hedgehog activity.

Abstract: This invention generally pertains to the field of psychiatry. In particular, this invention pertains to the discovery that agents capable of inhibiting the binding of cortisol to its receptors can be used in methods for preventing antipsychotic-induced weight gain. Mifepristone, a potent specific glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, can be used in these methods. The invention also provides a kit for preventing AP-induced weight gain in a human including a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist and instructional material teaching the indications, dosage and schedule of administration of the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a parenteral composition comprising a bisphosphonic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (bisphosphonate) as active component and a pharmaceutically acceptable chelating agent, processes of the preparation of this composition, and methods of their use in the treatment and prevention of diseases involving bone resorption, especially osteoporosis, Paget's disease, hypercalcemia of malignancy, and metabolic bone disease. The compositions are especially useful for improving the local tolerance of the active component when administered parenterally.

Abstract: Wet wipes impregnated with a solution which includes a mono alkyl phosphate are described. In particular, the solution in the wet wipes includes a phosphate ester surfactant which includes a mono alkyl phosphate having the following structural formula: wherein R represents a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having an average of from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, x represents a number of 0 to 20, and each of Y and Z represents hydrogen, an alkali metal, ammonium or an alkanol amine. Such wet wipes have improved tactile properties and cleaning efficacy without excessive skin irritation or foaming when compared to conventional wet wipes.

Abstract: Methods for treating diseases or disorders of the skin which are characterized by angiogenesis have been developed using curcumin and curcumin analogs. Based on the results obtained with curcumin, it has been determined that other angiogenesis inhibitors can also be used to treat these skin disorders. It has further been discovered that curcumin acts to inhibit angiogenesis in part by inhibition of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and thereby provides a means for treating other disorders characterized by elevated levels of bFGF, such as bladder cancer, using curcumin and other analogues which also inhibit bFGF.

Abstract: The instant invention provides methods for preventing or reducing the risk of developing atherosclerosis, as well as for halting or slowing the progression of atherosclerotic disease once it has become clinically evident, comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an HMG-CoA RI in combination with folic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof to a person who is at risk of developing atherosclerosis or who already has atherosclerotic disease.

Abstract: Novel methods for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis, breast cancer, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia or atherosclerosis in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involving administration of selective estrogen receptor modulator particularly compounds having the general structure: and an amount of a sex steroid precursor selected from the group consisting of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, androst-5-ene-3&bgr;,17&bgr;-diol and compounds converted in vivo to one of the foregoing presursor. Further administration of bisphosphonates in combination with selective estrogen receptor modulators and/or sex steroid precursor is disclosed for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis. Pharmaceutical compositions for delivery of active ingredient(s) and kit(s) useful to the invention are also disclosed.

Abstract: The use of phanquinone for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or the treatment of Alzheimer's disease is disclosed. Also methods of treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a pharmaceutical composition suitable for the treatment of cancer and in particular with a pharmaceutical composition containing vitamin D or a precursor, analogue or metabolite thereof and the use of these compositions in the treatment of a tumor in a subject.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of limiting postpartum hemorrhage comprising administering orally a single effective dose of misoprostol to a woman during the third stage of labor.

Abstract: This invention relates to pharmaceuticals for neuropathic pains comprising an mGluR1 receptor antagonist for systemic administration. Drugs efficacious in treating various neuropathic pain can be provided by the invention.

Abstract: This invention is an improved method for reducing or eliminating tobacco usage and the nicotine dependency associated with tobacco usage by gradually decreasing an individual's tobacco consumption over a time period while replacing nicotine from tobacco with an alternative nicotine source.

Abstract: A non-aqueous, particle-forming, fused pyrrolocarbazole-containing composition is disclosed. Upon contact with an aqueous medium, the particle-forming composition spontaneously disperses into suspended particles, thereby forming a stable suspension that provides greatly improved bioavailability of orally administered fused pyrrolocarbazole compounds.

Abstract: A method for indirectly stimulating a vagus nerve of a patient includes the steps of positioning one or more electrodes in the vicinity of the vagus nerve and then actuating the electrode(s) to create an electrical field for stimulating the vagus nerve. Disclosed embodiments include positioning one or more electrodes in the esophagus, trachea, or jugular vein, on the neck of the patient, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: The instant invention provides a product of manufacture for retarding the biochemical formation of metalloproteinase, including gelatinase, elastase, collaginase, and the like, within the tissues of the body of a patient who has been inflicted with the HIV virus and/or the HIV virus which has advance to the AIDS virus, through the administration of an effective amount of a non-antimicrobial/non-antibiotic/non-antibacterial, chemically modified tetracycline (CMT) analog, its salts, cojugates and/or derivatives, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A method of treating a host using taxol comprising administering granulocyte colony-stimulating factor to the host being treated with taxol. The present inventive method allows for increased levels of taxol to be administered to the host in the treatment of various conditions, particularly with respect to ovarian tumors.