Patent ID: 7112607

Claim:
A method for providing pain management, comprising administering to a patient in need of treatment thereof an effective amount to treat the disorder of a compound of formula IA: wherein: R 1 is wherein R 2 is H, C(═O)R 8 ; R 8 is H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aralkyl, substituted aralkyl, aryl, or substituted aryl; R 3 and R 4 are independently H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, aralkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, halogen, hydroxy, alkylsulfonyloxy, arylsulfonyloxy, substituted arylsulfonyloxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, or arylthio; or if R 3 and R 4 are both alkoxy or alkylthio, may form a 1,3-dioxolan-2-yl, 1,3-dioxan-2-yl, 1,3-dithiolan-2-yl, or 1,3-dithian-2-yl group; or together R 3 and R 4 may form a carbonyl oxygen; R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 are independently H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, halogen, hydroxy, nitro, amino, substituted amino, disubstituted amino, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, sulfonamido, or substituted sulfonamido; and wherein together R 5 and R 6 or R 6 and R 7 are CH═CH—CH═CH, such that they form a fused aromatic ring; A and B are each a carbon-carbon single bond; m and n are independently 0, 1, 2, or 3; m plus n equals 3; and X is CH═CH.