Patent ID: 6486198
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for treating post traumatic stress disorder comprising administering to a mammal afflicted therewith a therapeutically effective amount 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 lower alkyl and, when X is CH2, R4 and R5 may be alkene groups joined to form a benezene 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): wherein R6 and R7 are the same or different and are hydrogen, lower alkyl or are alkyl and are joined to form a cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl ring; or a pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, alone or in association with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.