Patent ID: 6117891
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method of eliciting an analgesic effect in a host animal in need thereof, comprising the step of:administering to said host animal an effective dose of a compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having the formula: ##STR3## where X is nitrogen, or a carbon bonded to a substituent species characterized as having a sigma m value between about -0.3 and about 0.75; n is an integer value of 1 to 7; m and p are integers individually having values of 0 or 1; E' and E"" individually represent hydrogen or a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group containing one to five carbon atoms; Z' and Z"" individually represent hydrogen or an alkyl group containing one to five carbon atoms; A, A', A"" individually represent a hydrogen, an alkyl group, or a halogen atom; and the wavy line in said formula represents a cis (Z) or trans (E) form of said compound.