USE OF GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE HETEROCYCLES CONDENSED WITH A HETEROCYCLIC RING SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURE OF A COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING PHYSICAL EXERCISE

摘要

The present invention provides methods of using growth hormone secretagogues, prodrugs thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said secretagogues and said prodrugs, for increasing exercise-stimulated growth hormone secretion in a patient. The present invention also provides methods of using such compounds, in conjunction with physical exercise, to increase the improvement in muscle mass or strength in a patient. More specifically, the present invention provides such methods wherein the growth hormone secretagogues are compounds of Formula I: CHEM a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said secretagogue or said prodrug.