PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CB1 CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS AND POTASSIUM CHANNEL OPENERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE I, OBESITY AND RELATED CONDITIONS

摘要

Described is a novel combination therapy for diabetes mellitus type I and/or for obesity and its concomitant and/or secondary diseases or conditions, in particular the metabolic syndrome and/or syndrome X, and/or diabetes mellitus type II, by administering a combination of at least one K_ATP channel opener as a first active agent and at least one CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist as a second active agent. The invention is further directed to such novel combination therapy wherein a dually acting compound with combined KATP channel opening and CB₁ antagonistic properties is used. The invention also relates to novel pharmaceutical compositions comprising K_ATP channel openers and CB1 antagonists and the use of said pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment, delayed progression, delayed onset of and/or inhibition of diabetes mellitus type I, and the prophylaxis and treatment, of obesity as well as the prophylaxis, treatment, delayed onset and/or inhibition of its concomitant and/or secondary diseases or conditions, in particular the metabolic syndrome and/or syndrome X, and/or diabetes mellitus type II, in mammals and humans. The invention is further directed to such novel pharmaceutical compositions comprising a dually acting compound with combined K_ATP channel opening and CB₁ antagonistic properties.