Patent ID: 6218423
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for treating a nerve-related vision disorder, improving vision, treating memory impairment, or enhancing memory performance in an animal, which comprises administering to said animal an effective amount of a five-membered heterocyclic compound having a single nitrogen heteroatom,which has an N-linked ketone, diketo, thioketo, or 1-(2-(3-oxo)propene) substituent,and which is additionally substituted with an ester or amide substituent attached to the heterocyclic ring,provided that said ester or amide substituent is not an N-oxide of an ester or amide,wherein the nerve-related vision disorder is selected from the group consisting of visual impairments; orbital disorders; disorders of the lacrimal apparatus; disorders of the eyelids; disorders of the conjunctiva; disorders of the cornea; cataract; disorders of the uveal tract; disorders of the retina; disorders of the optic nerve or visual pathways; free radical induced eye disorders and diseases; immunologically-mediated eye disorders and diseases; eye injuries; and symptoms and complications of eye disease, eye disorder, and eye injury.