Patent ID: 7439383

Claim:
A sodium channel blocker represented by the structure: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of C 1 alkyl, C 3 -C 6 alky, C 8 -C 12 alkyl, C 2 -C 9 alkenyl, C 2 -C 9 alkynyl, —(CH 2 ) m COOH, —(CH 2 ) m NH 2, —(CH 2 ) m CONH 2, —(CH 2 ) n C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, —(CH 2 ) n aryl, —(CH 2 ) n aryl, —(CH 2 ) p NCH 3 (CH 2 ) p aryl and —(CH 2 ) n heterocyclic, wherein m is an integer ranging from 3-8, n is an integer ranging from 0-4 and p is an integer ranging from 1-4; R 2 is —(CH 2 ) n CONH 2, wherein n is 3 or 4; R 3 is hydroxyl; R 4 and R 5 are both H; and R 6 is wherein n is an integer ranging from 0-2.