Patent ID: 8841347

Claim:
A method of preventing and/or treating pain, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an aminoalkanol derivative, or the hydrochloride salt thereof, of formula wherein n is 1 or 2; R is 2-Cl, 6-CH 3 ; and, Z is selected from the group consisting of 5-amino-1-pentanol, 1-amino-2-propanol, 2-amino-1-propanol, 1-amino-2-butanol, 2-amino-1-butanol, 2-amino-1-phenylethanol, 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, 2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propandiol, 3-methyl-2-amino-1-butanol, 3-methyl-3-amino- 1-butanol, D,L-trans-1,2-cyclohexanolamine, N-methyl-2-amino-1-butanol, N-methyl-2-amino-1-propanol, and N-methyl-2-amino-1-phenylethanol.