Patent ID: 6177455
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q,C07D,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for treating alopecia or promoting hair growth in an animal in need thereof, which comprises administering to said animal an effective amount of a non-immunosuppressive five-membered heterocyclic compound having a single nitrogen heteroatom, which has an N-linked ketone, diketo, thioketo, or 1-(2-(3-oxo)propene) substituent, and which is additionally substituted with an ester or amide substituent attached to the heterocyclic ring, provided that said ester or amide substituent is not an N-oxide of an ester or amide, wherein said compound has an affinity for an FKBP-type immunophilin.