Patent ID: 6878750

Claim:
A method for the treatment of dysmenorrhea in a patient comprising administering to said patient a compound of formula I in which R 1 and R 2 , independently of one another, is H, a hydroxy group, an optionally substituted C 1 -C 10 alkoxy group, an optionally substituted C 1 -C 10 alkanoyloxy group or an optionally substituted C 7 -C 15 aroyloxy group; Y is a side chain—A-B-Z; A is a direct bond or an oxygen atom; B is a straight-chain or branched-chain, optionally substituted alkylene, alkeneylene or alkinylene group with up to 10 carbon atoms; Z is a group -D-SO x -E-G, an amino group —NR 7 R 8 or a substituent G; D is a direct bond or a group —NR 3 (R 4 —); R 3 is a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl group with up to 10 carbon atoms; R 4 is a straight-chain or branched-chain, optionally substituted alkylene, alkenylene or alkinylene group with up to 10 carbon atoms; x is 0, 1 or 2; E is a straight-chain or branched-chain, optionally substituted alkylene, alkenylene or alkinylene group with up to 10 carbon atoms; G is a partially or completely fluorinated straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group with up to 5 carbon atoms, an optionally substituted aryl radical, a carbamoyl radical —C(O)—NR 5 R 6 , a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom; R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R 8 independently of one another, are each H, a straight chain or branched-chain, optionally partially fluorinated alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl radical with up to 14 carbon atoms, which is optionally interrupted by one to three heteroatoms —O— and —S— or groupings —NR 9 —, an aryl radical that is optionally substituted in one or two places, a C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl radical that is optionally substituted in one or two places, a C 4 -C 15 cycloalkylalkyl radical that is optionally substituted in one or two places, a C 7 -C 20 aralkyl radical that is optionally substituted in one or two places, an optionally substituted aminoalkyl radical, a biphenylene radical or a radical of formula —C(O)R 10 ; R 9 is H or C 1-3 alkyl; and R 10 is H, a straight chain or branched-chain, optionally partially fluorinated alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl radical with up to 14 carbon atoms, which is optionally interrupted by one to three heteroatoms —O— and —S— or groupings —NR 9 —, an aryl radical that is optionally substituted in one or two places, a C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl radical that is optionally substituted in one or two places, a C 4 -C 15 cycloalkylalkyl radical that is optionally substituted in one or two places, a C 7 -C 20 aralkyl radical that is optionally substituted in one or two places, an optionally substituted aminoalkyl radical, or a biphenylene radical; or a physiologically compatible salt thereof; wherein in -A-B-Z, if A is an oxygen atom and Z is G, G cannot be a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, or if A is an oxygen atom and Z is an amino group —NR 7 R 8 , in which are R 7 and R 8 in each case a methyl group, B has at least 3 carbon atoms, or if B is —C 2 H 4 — and Z is —NR 7 R 8 , then R 7 and R 8 are not the same.