This invention protects the use of
nicotine, analogues thereof precursors thereof or its derivates for treatment of inflammatory, infectious, candidal or degenerative (of the joints and / or of the
central nervous system, of kidneys, the lungs, liver), depression,
obesity,
bone disease and the like, which can be improved by means of intensification of the actions of α-MSH, given the fact that this
hormone are extraordinary properties: e.g., it has an
antipyretic potency 20,000 times as great as
acetaminophen, its antimicrobian
potency, is comparable to gentamycine, it is the best anticandidiasic known; it inhibits
apoptosis of various stem cells, and significantly modulates the immune reactions, and therefore the use of agents that affect its release may have significant therapeutic potential. This patent protects the use of
nicotine, analogues thereof, precursors thereof or its derivates for the purpose of increasing and / or reducing the
bioavailability of α-MSH in blood and / or central or
peripheral tissues to accentuate or diminish the effect of the α-MSH by means of changes in its concentration or its effect on the corresponding receptors of any
cell, tissue or organ in the body, administrated for therapeutic and / or prophylactic purposes in the short medium and / or long term.