Patent ID: 6391909
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07D

Abstract:
A method for inducing analgesia in an individual or animal comprising administering to the individual or animal a therapeutically effective amount of a compound to induce analgesia; wherein the compound is represented by the following structural formula:Râ€”Xâ€”Y and physiologically acceptable salts thereof, wherein:R is selected from the group consisting of a methyl group, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a substituted heteroaryl group, a heterocyclic group and a substituted heterocyclic group; X is a straight chain hydrocarbyl group or a substituted straight chain hydrocarbyl group containing from about 4 to about 18 carbon atoms if R is an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a substituted heteroaryl group, a heterocyclic group or a substituted heterocyclic group; X is a straight chain hydrocarbyl group or a substituted straight chain hydrocarbyl group containing from about 10 to about 24 carbon atoms if R is a methyl group; and Y is selected from the group consisting of: wherein:R1 is selected from the group consisting of â€”F and Oâ€”C1-4 alkyl group wherein the alkyl group may be straight or branched chain; and R2 is a C1 to C4 straight or branched chain alkyl group.