Androgen activity antagonists as therapies for anorexia, anorexia nervosa and disorders characterized by a pathologically underweight condition
AssigneeVela Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorsSeth Lederman, Donald W. Landry
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the treatment of conditions characterized by loss of appetite (anorexia) and/or pathological weight loss by administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that modulates androgen activity. The present invention further relates to the treatment and prevention of anorexia nervosa with such agents.
Claims29
A method for treating or preventing anorexia nervosa comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-androgen.
A method for treating a pathologically underweight human comprising administering to said human a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-androgen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.