Patent ID: 8877708

Claim:
A method of treating a metabolic disorder or key elements of a metabolic disorder, such method comprising the step of administering to a patient in need of such treatment daily (a) a dopamine receptor agonist; and (b) a first-phase insulin secretagouge selected from the group consisting of glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) or an analog thereof, a dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitor, gastric inhibitory polypeptide (also known as glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide), a meglitinide, repaglinide, nataglinide and short acting insulin, wherein the dosage of each of said dopamine receptor agonist and first-phase insulin secretagouge in combination, provides a therapeutic effect greater than the additive effect of administering the same dosage of each of said dopamine receptor agonist and first-phase insulin secretagouge alone.