USE OF THIAZOLIDINEDIONES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND EATING DISORDERS

摘要

The use of a compound of formula (I) or a tautomeric form thereof and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof, wherein: A<1> represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclyl group; R<1> represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an arakyl group, wherein the aryl moiety may be susbtituted or unsubstituted, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; R<2> and R<3> each represent hydrogen, or R<2> and R<3> together represent a bond; A<2> represents a benzene ring having in total up to five substituents; and n represents an integer in the range of from 2 to 6, for the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of atherosclerosis and/or for the regulation of appetite and food intake.