Patent ID: 7115661

Claim:
A method for reducing anxiety, aiding sleep, or inducing sleep in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a therapeutic compound, wherein said therapeutic compound is of the formula (Ia): , in which F 2 is a nitrate group or an organic radical which may be joined in a cyclic ring system with G 2 , and which may contain inorganic counterions; E is a methylene group; G 1 is a methylene group or does not exist; F 1 is H; and G 2 is joined with F 2 to form a cyclic system or is R N —Z N ; wherein R N is an organic radical possessing a heteroaryl group containing a P or S atom, where said P or S is positioned β, γ, or δ to a nitrate group; and Z N is W N mm —X N nn —Y N oo ; wherein mm, nn, oo are 0 or 1 and W N , X N , Y N are NH, NR NN , CO, O, or CH 2 ; wherein R NN is a C 1 –C 12 alkyl group.