Abstract: This invention provides for method for the treatment, prevention or ameliorating the symptoms of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a mammal in need thereof comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a composition comprising a therapeutic combination of at least one cholesterol lowering agent and/or at least one H3 antagonist/inverse agonist.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising therapeutic combinations comprising: one or more H3 antagonists/inverse agonists; one or more appetite suppressants selected from the group consisting of CB1 antagonists/inverse agonists, sibutramine, phentermine and topiramate; and optionally one or more HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. The invention also relates to medicaments and kits comprising the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention, and methods of treating obesity, obesity related disorders and diabetes using the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention.

Abstract: Methods of preventing, treating, or ameliorating symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease, regulating production or levels of amyloid &bgr; (A&bgr;) peptides and/or regulating the amount of ApoE isoform 4 in the bloodstream and/or brain are provided which include the step of administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a composition including at least one compound represented by Formulae (I-X) disclosed herein.

Abstract: Hypocholesterolemic sugar-substituted 2-azetidinones are disclosed, as well as a method of lowering cholesterol by administering said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and the combination of a sugar-substituted 2-azetidinone cholesterol-lowering agent and a cholesterol biosynthesis inhibitor for the treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis.