Patent ID: 7449490
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of treating chronic pain in a mammal which method comprises administering to a mammal, in need thereof, a therapeutically effective amount of a fused thiophene compound of the Formula: wherein R R each R R wherein said heteroalicyclic is a monovalent saturated or unsaturated carbocyclic group having a single ring or multiple condensed rings, from 1 to 15 carbon atoms and from 1 to 5 heteroatoms within the ring or rings selected from the group of heteroatoms consisting of nitrogen, sulfur, and oxygen; wherein said heteroaromatic is a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic, aromatic group, which can optionally be fused to an aryl or substituted aryl ring or fused to a second or third heteroaromatic group; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.