Compositions, methods and uses for the treatment of diabetes and related conditions by controlling blood glucose level

1. A method for treating diabetes or a related disease selected from impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, postprandial hyperglycemia and overweight or obesity in a mammalian subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said mammalian subject an effective amount of a composition comprising ifenprodil, or a salt, prodrug, or sustained release formulation thereof in combination with at least one additional compound selected from (i) acamprosate, almitrine, amlexanox, azelastine, carbetapentane, cinacalcet, dexbromopheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, fexofenadine, mexiletine, tolperisone, torasemide, triamterene, tolfenamic acid, piribedil, levosimendan, cimetidine, diprophylline, idebenone and rilmenidine, or salt(s), prodrug(s) or sustained release formulation(s) thereof, and/or (ii) at least one anti-diabetic agent.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising administering to said mammalian subject a composition comprising at least one of the following combinations of compounds:

ifenprodil and acamprosate,

ifenprodil and torasemide,

ifenprodil and triamterene, or

ifenprodil and tolfenamic acid,

or salt(s), prodrug(s), or sustained release formulation(s) thereof.

3. The method of claim 2 , comprising administering to said mammalian subject a composition comprising ifenprodil and tolfenamic acid or salts(s), prodrug(s), or sustained release formulations thereof.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one anti-diabetic agent is selected from acarbose, acetohexamide, alogliptin, berberine, bezafibrate, bromocriptine, buformin, carbutamide, chlorpropamide, chromium picolinate, ciprofibrate, clofibrate, colesevelam, dexfenfluramine, dutogliptin, exenatide, fenofibrate, gemfibrozil, gemigliptin, glibenclamide, glibornuride, glicetanile, gliclazide, glimepiride, glipizide, gliquidone, glisentide, glyclopyramide, imidapril, insulin, inulin, lipoic acid, linagliptin, liraglutide, mecobalamin, metformin, miglitol, mitiglinide, nateglinide, orlistat, phenformin, pioglitazone, pramlintide, repaglinide, rosiglitazone, saxagliptin, sitagliptin, tolazamide, tolbutamide, vildagliptin or voglibose, or salt(s), prodrug(s), or sustained release formulation(s) thereof.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one anti-diabetic agent is metformin, or a salt, prodrug, or sustained release formulation thereof.

6. The method of claim 5 comprising administering to said mammalian subject a composition comprising at least one of the following combinations of compounds:

ifenprodil and metformin,

ifenprodil and acamprosate and metformin,

ifenprodil and torasemide and metformin,

ifenprodil and triamterene and metformin, or

ifenprodil and tolfenamic acid and metformin,

or salt(s), prodrug(s) or sustained release formulation(s) thereof.

7. A method for controlling blood glucose level in a mammalian subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject a composition comprising ifenprodil, or a salt, prodrug or sustained release formulation thereof in combination with at least one additional compound selected from acamprosate, almitrine, amlexanox, azelastine, carbetapentane, cinacalcet, dexbromopheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, fexofenadine, mexiletine, tolperisone, torasemide, triamterene, tolfenamic acid, piribedil, levosimendan, cimetidine, diprophylline, idebenone and rilmenidine, or salt(s), prodrug(s) or sustained release formulation(s) thereof.

8. The method of claim 7 , said method comprising administering to said mammalian subject a composition comprising ifenprodil and tolfenamic acid or salts(s), prodrug(s), or sustained release formulations thereof.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the mammalian subject is suffering from diabetes or from a related disorder selected from impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, postprandial hyperglycemia and overweight or obesity.

10. A method for decreasing insulin resistance in a mammalian subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject a composition comprising ifenprodil, or a salt, prodrug or sustained release formulation thereof in combination with at least one additional compound selected from acamprosate, almitrine, amlexanox, azelastine, carbetapentane, cinacalcet, dexbromopheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, fexofenadine, mexiletine, tolperisone, torasemide, triamterene, tolfenamic acid, piribedil, levosimendan, cimetidine, diprophylline, idebenone and rilmenidine, or salt(s), prodrug(s) or sustained release formulation(s) thereof.

11. The method of claim 10 , said method comprising administering to said mammalian subject a composition comprising ifenprodil and tolfenamic acid or salts(s), prodrug(s), or sustained release formulations thereof.

12. A method for increasing or stimulating glucose uptake in adipocytes and/or muscular cells in a mammalian subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject a composition comprising ifenprodil, or a salt, prodrug or sustained release formulation thereof in combination with at least one additional compound selected from acamprosate, almitrine, amlexanox, azelastine, carbetapentane, cinacalcet, dexbromopheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, fexofenadine, mexiletine, tolperisone, torasemide, triamterene, tolfenamic acid, piribedil, levosimendan, cimetidine, diprophylline, idebenone and rilmenidine, or salt(s), prodrug(s) or sustained release formulation(s) thereof.

13. The method of claim 12 , said method comprising administering to said mammalian subject a composition comprising ifenprodil and tolfenamic acid or salts(s), prodrug(s), or sustained release formulations thereof.

14. A method for decreasing apoptosis of pancreatic beta cells in a mammalian subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject a composition comprising ifenprodil, or a salt, prodrug or sustained release formulation thereof in combination with at least one additional compound selected from acamprosate, almitrine, amlexanox, azelastine, carbetapentane, cinacalcet, dexbrornopheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, fexofenadine, mexiletine, tolperisone, torasemide, triamterene, tolfenamic acid, piribedil, levosimendan, cimetidine, diprophylline, idebenone and rilmenidine, or salt(s), prodrug(s) or sustained release formulation(s) thereof.

15. The method of claim 14 , said method comprising administering to said mammalian subject a composition comprising ifenprodil and tolfenamic acid or salts(s), prodrug(s), or sustained release formulations thereof.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mammalian subject is suffering from type 2 diabetes.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compound(s) is/are administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compounds are formulated or administered together, separately or sequentially.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition is administered repeatedly to said mammalian subject.