Method of reducing elevated blood sugar levels in humans
CA 2101775 C · Owner: Larner, Joseph · Inventors: Huang, Laura C.; Kennington, Alison; Larner, Joseph
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A method of treating a cluster of diseases associated with elevated blood sugar levels comprising the administration of a dietary supplement of chiro-inositol. Chiro-inositol is an essential element for the synthesis of an insulin-directed mediator apparently responsible for the activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase-phosphatase. Disease conditions commonly associated with insulin-resistance, such as hypertension. lactic acidosis obesity, coronary artery disease, and the like are treated by administration, of sufficient chiro-inositol to meet normal metabolic levels.
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- Filed September 4, 1991 and granted September 29, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 4, 2011.
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