The present invention provides new methods for the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders of skin epidermal cells, particularly psoriasis, by administering 5-fluorouracil and dipyridamole, with one or both agents being administered topically at the site of the hyperproliferative disease.

A method for the treatment of dementia and cerebrovascular disorders and for inhibiting platelet aggregation in patients in need thereof comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a 1-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-1-phenylphthalane of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each are selected from the group consisting of halogen, trifluoromethyl, cyano and R--CO--, wherein R is an alkyl radical, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable acid addition salt there...

The invention relates to the use of certain compounds which act as antagonists of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) at 5-HT.sub.3 receptors for the treatment of cognitive disorders such as attentional and memory deficits and dementia states.

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition providing a dosage unit of from 1 to 20 mg. of cyclobenzaprine and salts thereof useful as a skeletal muscle relaxant. It also relates to a method of treating muscular spasm and other similar muscular disorders associated with or caused by injury or arising spontaneously with no known cause by the administration of a pharmaceutical composition containing cyclobenzaprine or a salt thereof as one of the active ingredients.

A novel method of treating Parkinsonism, a novel method of treating depressions and a novel method of treating patients who have suffered cerebral strokes, by providing novel pharmaceutical compositions containing a specified fosfodiesterase inhibitor together with a specified known anti-Parkinson agent including dopa, m-tyrosine, apomorphine and ET 495.

A method for treating obsessive-compulsive disorders, somatoform disorders, dissociative disorders, eating disorders, impulse control disorders, and autism is disclosed. These disorders are treated by administering an effective amount of a D1/D5 antagonist.

A method for teating habit disorders in a human patient comprising administering to the patient an anti-habitual amount of a pharmaceutically active compound, which results in activation of a brain reward system, e.g., flupenthixol, or esters thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, either alone or in admixture with a physiologically acceptable diluent.

A therapeutic composition for the treatment of skin disorders comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a curative agent chosen from special esters of pyroglutamic acid, and mixtures thereof, in a therapeutically acceptable vehicle for topical application.

A method for resisting neurological damage caused by overstimulation of the MDA receptor of nerve cells by glutamate includes exposing the NMDA receptors to an oxidizing agent to thereby diminish overall activity of the receptors following activation by glutamate. The oxidizing agent preferably is a material selected from the group consisting of pyrroloquinoline quinone and topa hydantoin.

2',3,4,4'-tetrahydroxychalcone and pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof are used as a therapeutic agent for treatment of renal disorders, and have activity for treatment of renal disorders and also for treatment of renal disorders accompanied by digestive disorders, and/or general inflammations, and/or allergic diseases.