Method of using ketoconazole and related substances in medicaments for treatment of type II diabetes and methods of treating same

摘要

A method for the medical treatment of diabetes mellitus type II and for counteracting the risk factors forming part of the Metabolic syndrome (also known as the "deadly quartet" or "syndrome X" or the Insulin Resistance Syndrome) in a patient having increased cortisol activity, which method of treatment comprises decreasing said increased cortisol activity in said patient by the steps of providing an inhibitor of cortisol synthesis.