Method for enhancing gut absorption
AssigneeThe Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
InventorDouglas Wilmore
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for enhancing the gut absorption in a mammal. Specifically, gut absorption in a mammal can be enhanced by the administration of glutamine, or glutamine equivalent, in combination with one or more agents, said agents selected from the group consisting of growth hormone (GH), an agent capable of enhancing endogenous GH production, insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), or an agent capable of enhancing endogenous IGF-1 production.
Claims13
A method of increasing gut absorption of nutrients in a mammal, comprising co-administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount of glutamine and a therapeutically effective amount of growth hormone.
A method of increasing gut absorption of nutrients in a mammal, comprising co-administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount of glutamine and a therapeutically effective amount of growth hormone, wherein said mammal has undergone bowel resection greater than eleven months prior to said co-administration.
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