Patent ID: 7351743

Claim:
A method for treating a disorder of the nervous system in which the pathophysiology of the disorder involves excessive or inappropriate release of a neurotransmitter from neuronal cells, comprising administering to a mammal exhibiting symptoms of the disorder or susceptible to the disorder an effective amount of a compound of the following formula wherein R is substituted or unsubstituted carbocyclic aryl having at least about 5 ring atoms, substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl having at least about 5 ring atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic or heteroalicyclic group having from 1 to 3 rings, 3 to 8 ring members in each ring and from 1 to 3 hetero atoms; R 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted carbocyclic aryl having at least about 5 ring atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl having at least about 5 ring atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic or heteroalicyclic group having from 1 to 3 rings, 3 to 8 ring members in each ring and from 1 to 3 hetero atoms; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.