Patent ID: 6974840
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of treating drug misuse or other addictive disorders comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which m is 0, 1 or 2; n is 2, 3, 4 or 5; X is carbonyl or a group of formula II in which R 5 is H or an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Y is an alkylene chain containing 1 or 2 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more alkyl groups containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms; Z is an alkylene chain containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more alkyl groups containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R is phenyl optionally substituted by one or more halo substituents or R is naphthyl; and R to a patient in need thereof.