Inventors:
Sandra Reading Chaplan - San Diego CA
Flemming Winther Bach - Aarhus, DK
Tony Lee Yaksh - San Diego CA
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA
International Classification:
A61K 31535, A61K 3116
Abstract:
Compositions and methods for alleviating pain (in particular, neuropathic pain) in a mammalian patient, wherein an effective amount of a physiologically-acceptable salt of a compound of the general formula ##STR1## wherein each of R. sup. 1, R. sup. 2 and R. sup. 3 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, acyl, alkoxyl, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyaryl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxyaryl and NR. sup. 8 R. sup. 9, in which each of R. sup. 8 and R. sup. 9 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, acyl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyaryl, alkoxyalkyl and alkoxyaryl, with the proviso that at least one of R. sup. 1, R. sup. 2 and R. sup. 3 is hydroxyl;
each of R. sup. 4 and R. sup. 5 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen and lower alkyl;
A is --C(. dbd.