申请人:Vanderklish Peter
公开号:US20200397751A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-24
Methods for modulating the levels of glucagon and blood glucose of a mammal are provided. In the subject methods, a positive allosteric modulator of AMPA/kainate receptors is administered to a host. The subject methods find use in applications where it is desired to increase one or both of the glucagon and blood glucose levels in a mammalian host. The subject methods find use in applications where it is desired to decrease the size, or breadth, of the circadian range of blood glucose levels in a mammalian host. The subject methods also find use in applications where it is desired to decrease the frequency, severity, or occurrence of hypoglycemia in a mammalian host. Finally, the subject method finds use in applications where it is desired to decrease the frequency, severity, or occurrence of nocturnal hypoglycemia in a mammalian host, particularly that which occurs in diabetics as a result of therapy with insulins or insulin analogs or other glucose lowering agents, or combinations of such agents.