Therapeutic treatment
First Claim
1. A method of increasing attentiveness and weight velocity in an individual having an attention deficit disorder, the method comprising:
- coadministering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of methylphenidate and a therapeutically effective amount of cyproheptadine;
wherein the methylphenidate and cyproheptadine are coadministered during at least one of the morning or afternoon;
wherein the cyproheptadine is not administered in the evening or before bedtime; and
wherein the method increases the individual'"'"'s weight velocity as compared to an individual receiving only methylphenidate; and
wherein the method increases the individual'"'"'s height velocity as compared to an individual receiving only methylphenidate.
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Abstract
This invention discloses a treatment for a patient receiving medication to treat an attention deficit disorder such as ADHD wherein the treatment results in a loss of appetite and impairment of the patient'"'"'s attentiveness. The treatment combines a treatment for an attention deficit disorder with an appetite stimulant, wherein the appetite stimulant increases the caloric intake of a patient, which can increase the patient'"'"'s attentiveness. The combination treatment can be given for an indefinite, including, without limitation, life-long, to allow a patient to maintain normal caloric intake during treatment for an attention deficit disorder.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of increasing attentiveness and weight velocity in an individual having an attention deficit disorder, the method comprising:
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coadministering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of methylphenidate and a therapeutically effective amount of cyproheptadine; wherein the methylphenidate and cyproheptadine are coadministered during at least one of the morning or afternoon; wherein the cyproheptadine is not administered in the evening or before bedtime; and wherein the method increases the individual'"'"'s weight velocity as compared to an individual receiving only methylphenidate; and wherein the method increases the individual'"'"'s height velocity as compared to an individual receiving only methylphenidate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of increasing attentiveness and weight velocity in an individual having an attention deficit disorder, the method comprising:
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(i) coadministering to the individual methylphenidate and cyproheptadine on a first day during at least one of the morning or afternoon, wherein the cyproheptadine is not administered in the evening or before bedtime on the first day; and (ii) coadministering the methylphenidate and the cyproheptadine on a second day during at least one of the morning or afternoon, wherein the cyproheptadine is not administered in the evening or before bedtime on the second day; wherein the method increases the individual'"'"'s weight velocity and height velocity as compared to an individual receiving only methylphenidate; wherein the methylphenidate and cyproheptadine are coadministered in therapeutically effective amounts; wherein the dose of methylphenidate administered on the second day is increased relative to the dose of methylphenidate administered on the first day; and wherein the dose of cyproheptadine administered on the first day and the second day is maintained without concomitant weight loss.
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