Patent ID: 7008944

Claim:
A method of treating a subject suffering from a condition selected from the group consisting of obesity, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, vasomotor flushing, 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 4 , R 5 , R 6 and R 8 are, independently, hydrogen, hydroxy, 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 3 are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, halogen, hydroxy, cyano or amino; R 7 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; the dotted line represents an optional double bond; Z is CR 8 or N; and n is an integer 0, 1 or 2; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.