Details for Patent: 5,972,973
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Title: | Sulfonylurea-glitazone combinations for diabetes |
Abstract: | Combinations of a sulfonylurea antidiabetic agent and a glitazone antidiabetic agent are useful for treating diabetes mellitus and improving glycemic control. |
Inventor(s): | Whitcomb; Randall Wayne (Ann Arbor, MI) |
Assignee: | Warner-Lambert Company (Morris Plains, NJ) |
Filing Date: | Oct 16, 1998 |
Application Number: | 09/173,911 |
Claims: | 1. A composition comprising from about 3 mg to about 250 mg of a sulfonylurea antidiabetic agent and about 5 mg to about 50 mg of rosiglitazone (BRL49653), said amounts of sulfonylurea and rosiglitazone being synergistic for the treatment of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in humans. 2. A composition of claim 1 wherein the sulfonylurea is selected from glisoxepid, glyburide, acetohexamide, chlorpropamide, glibornuride, tolbutamide, tolazamide, glipizide, gliclazide, gliquidone, glyhexamide, phenbutamide, and tolcyclamide. 3. A composition of claim 5 comprising rosiglitazone and glyburide. 4. A method of treating non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in humans comprising administering to a patient in need of treatment from about 3 mg to about 250 mg of a sulfonylurea antidiabetic agent in combination with about 5 mg to about 50 mg of rosiglitazone, said amounts of sulfonylurea and rosiglitazone being synergistic for the treatment of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in humans. 5. A method according to claim 4 wherein the sulfonylurea antidiabetic agent is selected from glisoxepid, glyburide, acetohexamide, chlorpropamide, glibornuride, tolbutamide, tolazamide, glipizide, gliclazide, gliquidone, glyhexamide, phenbentamide, and tolcyclamide. 6. A method of treating non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in humans comprising administering to a patient in need of treatment from about 3 mg to about 250 mg of a sulfonylurea antidiabetic agent in combination with about 5 mg to about 10 mg of rosiglitazone, said amounts of sulfonylurea and rosiglitazone being synergistic for the treatment of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in humans. |