Patent ID: 6319903
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for treating cluster headaches in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the formula I: ##STR7##whereinX is oxygen;R.sub.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; andR.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl; orR.sub.2 and R.sub.3 and/or R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 together may be a methylenedioxy group of the following formula (II): ##STR8##wherein R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are the same or different and are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl orR.sub.6 and R.sub.7 together with the carbon to which they are attached are joined to form a cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl ring.