Patent ID: 6943178

Claim:
A method of treating a subject suffering from a disorder selected from the group consisting of post-traumatic stress disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, attention deficit disorder, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, vasomotor flushing, cocaine and alcohol addiction, and premature ejaculation, which comprises providing to the subject suffering from said condition, a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I wherein R 1 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 7 are, independently, hydrogen, halo, cyano, carboxamido, carboalkoxy of two to six carbon atoms, trifluoromethyl, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkanoyloxy of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, amino, mono- or di-alkylamino in which each alkyl group has 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkanamido of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, or alkanesulfonamido of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R 2 and R 6 are hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; Z is CR 7 or N; X is O, S, H 2 or F 2 ; the dotted lines at a and b represent independently optional double bonds; and n is an integer 0, 1 or 2; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.