Patent ID: 6274617
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q,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 nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having two or more heteroatoms,wherein said compound has a substituent --C(W)--C(Y)-- which is attached to a nitrogen atom of the heterocyclic ring,wherein W and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, CH.sub.2, and H.sub.2, andwherein said compound is additionally substituted with a ester or amide substituent attached to any atom of the heterocyclic ring other than said nitrogen atom,provided that said ester or amide substituent is not an N-oxide of an ester or amide and further provided that said amide substituent is linked to the heterocyclic ring with a carbon-carbon bond.