Patent ID: 6248744
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for treating female-specific pain in a female patient in need of said treatment by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the formula: ##STR4##wherein X is nitrogen or carbon bonded to a substituent species having a sigma m value greater than 0 or less than 0; X' is nitrogen; A, A' and A"" individually represent substituent species characterized as having a sigma m value greater than 0, less than 0, or 0; m is an integer and n is an integer such that the sum of m plus n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8; E.sup.I, E.sup.II, E.sup.III, E.sup.IV, E.sup.V and E.sup.VI individually represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, including C.sub.1 -C.sub.8, or halo substituted lower alkyl, including C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 ; and Z and Z"" individually represent hydrogen or lower alkyl; the wavy line in formula I indicating that the compound can have a cis(Z) or trans (E) form; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compound.