METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATING OBESITY

• US 3,810,994 A
• Filed: 06/01/1972
• Issued: 05/14/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Karl E. Wiegand
• Original Assignee: Karl E. Wiegand
• Inventors: Wiegand, Karl E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Meyers, Albert T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Drezin, Norman A.
• Application Number:
  US05/258,655
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 424/316
• US Class Current: 514/556
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/205 Amine addition salts of organic acids; Inner quaternary ammonium salts, e.g. betaine, carnitine

Abstract

A method and therapeutic composition for the treatment of obesity by internal administration in unit dosage form of carnitine or a suitably active derivative thereof. For example, carnitine may be administered either alone, or with another weight reducing preparation, or in the course of a restricted caloric dietary program for treatment of obesity.

Claims

2. A method of claim 1 wherein said carnitine is administered orally.

3. A method of claim 2 wherein said amount of carnitine is in the range from about 1 to about 50 mg per kilogram of body weight per day.

4. A method of claim 2 wherein said amount of carnitine is in the range of from about 1 to about 25 mg per kilogram of body weight per day.