METHOD OF TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS, ESPECIALLY DIABETES, OR A DISEASE OR CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETES

THE INVENTION RELATES TO COMBINATION, SUCH AS A COMBINED PREPARATION OR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, RESPECTIVELY, WHICH COMPRISES NATEGLINIDE (1) OR REPAGLINIDE AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER ANTIDIABETIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVES (GLITAZONES), SULFONYL UREA DERIVATIVES AND METFORMIN FOR SIMULATANEOUS, SEPARATE OR SEQUENTIAL USE IN THE PREVENTION, DELAY OF PROGRESSION OR TREATMENT OF DISEASES, ESPECIALLY METABOLIC DISORDERS AND IN PARTICULAR TYPE 2 DIABETES AND DISEASES AND CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETES; TO A COMPOSITION, RESPECTIVELY, WHICH COMPRISES NATEGLINIDE AND A PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE CARRIER AND TO A PROCESS OF MAKING SUCH COMPOSITION; THE USE OF SUCH COMBINATION OR COMPOSITION FOR THE PREPARATION OF A MEDICAMENT FOR THE PREVENTION, DELAY OF PROGRESSION OF TREATMENT OF METABOLIC DISORDERS; A METHOD OF PREVENTION, DELAY OF PROGRESSION OR TREATMENT OF DISEASES IN WARM-BLOODED ANIMALS; THE USE OF SUCH COMBINATION OR COMPOSITION FOR THE COSMETIC TREATMENT OF A MAMMAL IN ORDER TO EFFECT A COSMETICALLY BENEFICIALS LOSS OF BODY WEIGHT; AND TO A METHOD OF IMPROVING THE BODILY APPEARANCE OF A WARM-BLOODED ANIMAL.