Patent ID: 6852701

Claim:
A method for treating impaired oral glucose tolerance in a mammal afflicted with such condition comprising administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the formula I: wherein X is CH 2 or oxygen; R 1 is hydrogen or alkyl; and R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl and, when X is CH 2 , R 4 and R 5 may be alkene groups joined to form a benzene ring and, when X is oxygen, R 2 and R 3 and/or R 4 and R 5 together may be a methylenedioxy group of the following formula (II): wherein R 6 and R 7 are the same or different and are hydrogen, lower alkyl or are alkyl and are joined to form a cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl ring, wherein the therapeutically effective amount is from about 10 to 1000 mg daily.