Patent ID: 6472370
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for treating post traumatic stress disorder, comprising administering to a mammal afflicted with such condition a therapeutically effective amount for treating such condition of a compound of the formula I: whereinX is CH2 or oxygen; R1 is hydrogen or alkyl; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or alkyl and, when X is CH2, R4 and R5, may be alkene groups joined to form a benzene ring and, when X is oxygen, R2 and R3 and/or R4 and R5 together may be a methylenedioxy group of the following formula(II): whereinR6 and R7 are the same or different and are hydrogen, or alkyl and are joined to form a cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl ring.