Bromocriptine citrate administered to a vertebrate, animal or human, can be used for any purpose including, e.g., the long-term modification and regulation of metabolic disorders, including prediabetes, obesity, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and/or, e.g., the treatment of other medical disorder(s) including immune or endocrine disorders or diseases. Bromocriptine citrate is administered over a limited or extended period at a time of day dependent on re-establishing the normal circadian rhythm of central dopaminergic activity of healthy members of a similar species and sex. Insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia, T2DM, prediabetes, MS or all, can be controlled in humans on a long term basis by such treatment inasmuch as the daily administration of bromocriptine citrate resets neuronal activity timing in the neural centers of the brain to produce long term effects.

Bromocriptine citrate administered to a vertebrate, animal or human, can be used for any purpose including, e.g., the long-term modification and regulation of metabolic disorders, including prediabetes, obesity, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and/or, e.g., the treatment of other medical disorder(s) including immune or endocrine disorders or diseases. Bromocriptine citrate is administered over a limited or extended period at a time of day dependent on re-establishing the normal circadian rhythm of central dopaminergic activity of healthy members of a similar species and sex. Insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia, T2DM, prediabetes, MS or all, can be controlled in humans on a long term basis by such treatment inasmuch as the daily administration of bromocriptine citrate resets neuronal activity timing in the neural centers of the brain to produce long term effects.

A process of synthesizing 2-bromo-LSD or a salt or hydrate thereof comprising the steps of reacting methylergometrine with a brominating agent to produce [(1S)-1-(Hydroxymethyl)propylamino][(6aR,9R)-5-bromo-7-methyl-4,7-diaza-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroacephenanthrylen-9-yl]formaldehyde as a first intermediate, and then hydrolyzing [(1S)-1-(Hydroxymethyl)propylamino][(6aR,9R)-5-bromo-7-methyl-4,7-diaza-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroacephenanthrylen-9-yl]formaldehyde to yield bromo-lysergic acid as a second intermediate, wherein bromo-lysergic acid is then amidated to yield 2-bromo-LSD or a salt or hydrate thereof.

A process of synthesizing 2-bromo-LSD or a salt or hydrate thereof comprising the steps of reacting methylergometrine with a brominating agent to produce [(1S)-1-(Hydroxymethyl)propylamino][(6aR,9R)-5-bromo-7-methyl-4,7-diaza-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroacephenanthrylen-9-yl]formaldehyde as a first intermediate, and then hydrolyzing [(1S)-1-(Hydroxymethyl)propylamino][(6aR,9R)-5-bromo-7-methyl-4,7-diaza-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroacephenanthrylen-9-yl]formaldehyde to yield bromo-lysergic acid as a second intermediate, wherein bromo-lysergic acid is then amidated to yield 2-bromo-LSD or a salt or hydrate thereof.

The invention provides compounds of formula I: ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1-R.sup.4 have any of the values defined in the specification, and salts thereof. The compounds are useful as dopamine receptor modulators for the treatment of diseases where modulation of dopamine receptors is implicated (e.g. sexual dysfunction, prolactinoma, Parkinson's disease, and Cushings disease).

The invention provides compounds of formula I: ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1-R.sup.4 have any of the values defined in the specification, and salts thereof. The compounds are useful as dopamine receptor modulators for the treatment of diseases where modulation of dopamine receptors is implicated (e.g. sexual dysfunction, prolactinoma, Parkinson's disease, and Cushings disease).

Provided herein are ergoline compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. In some embodiments, provided herein are methods of treatment, prevention, or amelioration of a variety of medical disorders such as, for example, migraine using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein. In still other embodiments, provided herein are methods of agonizing receptors such as, for example, the 5-HT.sub.1A, 5-HT.sub.1B and 5-HT.sub.1D receptors without agonizing the 5-HT.sub.2B receptor using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein. In still other embodiments, provided herein are methods of antagonizing the 5-HT.sub.2B adrenergic alpha.sub.2A and/or the alpha.sub.2B receptors using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein. In still other embodiments, provided herein are methods of antagonizing the D2 and D3 receptor using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein.

A platform drug delivery system and a method of improving the delivery of low solubility pharmaceuticals utilizing crystal engineering and Theanine dissolution resulting in enhanced bioactivity, dissolution rate, and solid state stability.

A method of making a water-soluble doxorubicin-theanine cocrystal composition. The method includes the steps of providing a quantity of doxorubicin, adding a quantity of a theanine enantiomer to the quantity of doxorubicin to form a mixture of the quantity of doxorubicin and the enantiomer of theanine, wetting the mixture, and grinding the mixture for a length of time sufficient to produce a dried crystalline mass.

A method of treating Hodgkin's disease in a subject. The method involves administering to the subject an effective amount of a water-soluble composition which includes a cocrystal composition containing doxorubicin and a theanine enantiomer.