Patent ID: 7402602

Claim:
A method of treating depression, bipolar disorder, and irritable bowel syndrome in warm blooded animals comprising administering to warm-blooded animals in need thereof an amount of a compound of the formula wherein R 1 is alkyl of 3 to 16 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylalkyl, the cycloalkyl of which contains 3 to 7 carbon atoms and the alkyl of which is 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or R 1 is aralkyl optionally substituted 1 to 3 times on the aryl with at least one member selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkyl and alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R 2 is phenyl optionally substituted 1 to 3 times by at least one member selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkyl and alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or R 2 is biphenyl optionally substituted 1 to 4 times by at least one member of the group consisting of halogen, and alkyl and alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R 3 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.