The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition providing a dosage unit of from 1 to 25 mg. of 3-(N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl)-5-(3-dimethylaminopropylidene)-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cy cloheptene or the corresponding 10,11-dihydro compound, 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 phar…

Method of and medicament for the treatment of disorders of the eye, namely, diabetic retinopathy and degenerative maculation of the eye wherein doses containing heparin in combination with detoxified enzymes obtained from the venom of snakes, especially the Brazilian vipers Bothrops Jararaca and Lachesis Atrox, is administered, each dose containing 2000 to 2500 I.U. of heparin in accordance with the French Pharmacopoeia and 1 to 2 coagulation units (K) of the enzyme. The composition is administe…

3,4,5-Trialkoxybenzoyl alkanoic acids and their pharmaceutically-acceptable salts for prophylaxis and treatment of cardiac disorders.

The present invention relates to a method of treating chronic or non-chronic respiratory disorders, consisting in administering to the patient by the oral, rectal or parenteral route, a medicament for dilating the bronchi, comprising as active ingredient at least one compound of formula I or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts: ##STR1## in which A represents O or S, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 represent the hydrogen atom, an atom of halogen, an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atom…

Novel substituted phenylamidinourea compounds and processes for their preparation are disclosed. A method for the treatment of hypertensive disorders is also described.

A method for temporarily enhancing libido in animals comprising administering to an animal an effective amount of a dopamine blocking compound and optionally administering simultaneously or concurrently an effective amount of a noradrenaline potentiating compound.

2-Methyl-4-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-10H-thieno-[2,3-b][1,5]benzodiazepine, or an acid salt thereof, has pharmaceutical properties, and is of particular use in the treatment of mental disorders. The compound has the following structure: ##STR1##

A method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cerebrovascular disorders and/or disorders associated with cerebral senility in mammals, such as humans, which comprises administering to the mammal in need of such treatment and/or prophylaxis an effective and/or prophylactic amount of a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein (i) R.sub.1 is a group –X–CO–CH.sub.3 where X is a hydrocarbon radical having up to 4 carbon atoms which may be substituted by a methyl group, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, whi…

There is disclosed a method for diagnosing neurotransmission or developmental disorders in a mammal comprising the step of detecting in a bodily fluid of said mammal autoantibodies to an epitope of the muscle specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK). One such method comprises a) contacting said bodily fluid with said MuSK or an antigenic determinant thereof; and b) detecting any antibody-antigen complexes formed between said receptor tyrosine kinase or an antigenic fragment thereof and antibodies present…

Pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound selected from 1-(3-trifluoromethyl phenyl)-2-(.beta.-hydroxyethyl)aminopropane and 1-(3-trifluoromethyl phenyl)-2-(.beta.-benzoyloxy ethyl)-aminopropane and physiologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, useful in the treatment of metabolism disorders.