Abstract: A method of treating or inhibiting non-digestive tract derived abdominal disorders associated with pain, in particular interstitial cystitis, chronic pelvic pain syndrome and/or abdominal pain associated with endometriosis, in a patient in need thereof, by administering to the patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, in particular cilansetron, or a pharmacologically compatible derivative thereof, such as a salt and/or a solvates.

Abstract: 4-substituted 1-amidomethylcarbonyl-piperidine compounds having motilin-agonistic properties and their acid addition salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, processes and intermediate products for the preparation of these compounds, and methods of treatment utilizing these compounds.

Abstract: 3-cyanonaphthalene-1-carboxylic acid perhydroxyalkylmethyl-piperazine compounds of formula I which are antagonistic to tachykinin receptors, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods of using such compounds for the treatment and/or inhibition of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing such piperazine compounds, and intermediate products of these processes.

Abstract: N-sulfamoyl-N?-benzopyranpiperidine compounds of formula I and their physiologically acceptable acid addition salts, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, processes for their preparation, and their use for the treatment and/or inhibition of glaucoma, epilepsy, bipolar disorders, migraine, neuropathic pain, obesity, type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome, alcohol dependence, and/or cancer, and related concomitant and/or secondary diseases or conditions

Abstract: A sulfamate compound corresponding to Formula I wherein R1 to R3 and n have defined meanings, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds; a process for preparing these compounds, and the use of such compounds or compositions to treat or inhibit various disorders or disease states in patients in need thereof by administering to such a patient a therapeutically effective amount of such a compound.

Abstract: A method for the discovery of compounds suitable for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, in which the ability of the test compounds to inhibit de novo lipogenesis in mammals and/or man is determined. The use of compounds which are capable of inhibiting de novo lipogenesis in mammals, and which are substantially free of effects directed towards the CNS, for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, as well as for the treatment and/or inhibition of obesity, are also described.

Abstract: Dual NK2/NK3-antagonists corresponding to formula I: and physiologically compatible salts of such compounds in which X and R1 to R5 have specific defined meanings, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat or inhibit disorders mediated by tachykinin receptors, and a process for preparing such compounds.

Abstract: A method for the discovery of compounds suitable for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, in which the ability of the test compounds to inhibit de novo lipogenesis in mammals and/or man is determined. The use of compounds which are capable of inhibiting de novo lipogenesis in mammals, and which are substantially free of effects directed towards the CNS, for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, as well as for the treatment and/or inhibition of obesity, are also described.

Abstract: 3-cyanonaphthalene-1-carboxylic acid perhydroxyalkylmethyl-piperazine compounds of formula I which are antagonistic to tachykinin receptors, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods of using such compounds for the treatment and/or inhibition of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing such piperazine compounds, and intermediate products of these processes.

Abstract: A method of treating or inhibiting non-digestive tract derived abdominal disorders associated with pain, in particular interstitial cystitis, chronic pelvic pain syndrome and/or abdominal pain associated with endometriosis, in a patient in need thereof, by administering to the patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, in particular cilansetron, or a pharmacologically compatible derivative thereof, such as a salt and/or a solvates.

Abstract: A method for the discovery of compounds suitable for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, in which the ability of the test compounds to inhibit de novo lipogenesis in mammals and/or man is determined. The use of compounds which are capable of inhibiting de novo lipogenesis in mammals, and which are substantially free of effects directed towards the CNS, for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, as well as for the treatment and/or inhibition of obesity, are also described.

Abstract: A method for the discovery of compounds suitable for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, in which the ability of the test compounds to inhibit de novo lipogenesis in mammals and/or man is determined. The use of compounds which are capable of inhibiting de novo lipogenesis in mammals, and which are substantially free of effects directed towards the CNS, for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, as well as for the treatment and/or inhibition of obesity, are also described.

Abstract: A method for the discovery of compounds suitable for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, in which the ability of the test compounds to inhibit de novo lipogenesis in mammals and/or man is determined. The use of compounds which are capable of inhibiting de novo lipogenesis in mammals, and which are substantially free of effects directed towards the CNS, for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, as well as for the treatment and/or inhibition of obesity, are also described.

Abstract: 4-substituted 1-amidomethylcarbonyl-piperidine compounds having motilin-agonistic properties and their acid addition salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, processes and intermediate products for the preparation of these compounds, and methods of treatment utilizing these compounds.

Abstract: Novel 1-[1-(hetero)aryl-1-perhydroxyalkylmethyl]-piperazine compounds which are antagonistic to tachykinin receptors, of the general formula I, wherein R6, R7, A and Z have the meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, as well as a process for the preparation of such compounds and intermediate products of this process.

Abstract: Novel 1-[1-(hetero)aryl-1-perhydroxyalkylmethyl]-piperazine compounds which are antagonistic to tachykinin receptors, of the general formula I, 1

Abstract: N-triazolylmethyl-piperazine compounds which exhibit neurokinin receptor antagonistic activity corresponding to the formula I: wherein R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings given in the specification; pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds; a process for preparing these compounds, and intermediate products of this process.

Abstract: N-triazolylmethyl-piperazine compounds which exhibit neurokinin receptor antagonistic activity corresponding to the formula I: 1

Abstract: A method for the discovery of compounds suitable for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, in which the ability of the test compounds to inhibit de novo lipogenesis in mammals and/or man is determined. The use of compounds which are capable of inhibiting de novo lipogenesis in mammals, and which are substantially free of effects directed towards the CNS, for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity, as well as for the treatment and/or inhibition of obesity, are also described.

Abstract: The use of moxonidine or a physiologically compatible acid addition salt thereof for the treatment and/or inhibition of functional gastrointestinal disturbances or illnesses in the region of the lower intestinal tracts, particularly for the treatment and/or inhibition of abdominal visceral pain which accompanies them, and the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions suitable for this treatment are is described. The functional disturbances and illnesses of the lower intestinal tracts which can be treated according to the invention are known in particular as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which generally also include visceral pain as one of their symptoms.