Patent ID: 7879866

Claim:
A method for treating obesity in a mammal comprising: administering to the mammal a therapeutically-effective amount of a compound that is a halogenated analog of resiniferatoxin; N-(3-acyloxy-2-benzylpropyl)-N-[4-(methylsulfonylamino)benzyl-thiourea; [N-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)-N′-[4-(methylsulfonylamino)benzyl]thiourea]; [N-(4-tertbutylbenzyl)-N′-[3-fluoro-4-(methylsulfonylamino)benzyl]thiourea; N-(4-chlorobenzyl)-N′-(4-hydroxy-3-iodo-5-methoxybenzyl)thiourea; 4-(3-Chloro-pyridin-2-yl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid (4-tert-butyl-phenyl)-amide, or (N-(3-methoxyphenyl)-4-chlorocinnamide.