Patent ID: 6420369
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method for treating dementia in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the formula I: whereinX is CH2 or oxygen; R1 is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or C1-C3 alkyl and, when X is CH2, R4 and R5 may be alkene groups joined to form a benzene 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, C1-C3 alkyl or R6 and R7 together with the carbon to which they are attached are joined to form a cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl ring.