Methods for the treatment of pain and traumatic injury using benzamides and compositions containing the same
First Claim
1. A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of pain comprising an effective pain-treating amount of a benzamide compound in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the benzamide is a material of Formula I:
- where n is 1 or 2, R1 is a group selected from acetyl, alkyl, amino, acylamino (NHCOR3), halo, nitro, and trifluoroalkyl, R2 is saturated alkyl of 3 to 5 atoms, and R3 is alkyl of 1 to 5.
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Abstract
Methods are disclosed for treating and preventing pain such as neuropathic pain, and traumatic injuries such as traumatic brain injury and acute spinal cord injury, which comprise administering effective amounts of a benzamide compound of formula I:
where n is 1 or 2, R1 is a group selected from acetyl, alkyl, amino, acylamino (NHCOR3), halo, nitro, and trifluoroalkyl, R2 is saturated alkyl of 3 to 5 atoms, and R3 is alkyl of 1 to 5 atoms. Pharmaceutical compositions, dosage forms and methods of administration are set forth.
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1. A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of pain comprising an effective pain-treating amount of a benzamide compound in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier,
wherein the benzamide is a material of Formula I: -
where n is 1 or 2, R1 is a group selected from acetyl, alkyl, amino, acylamino (NHCOR3), halo, nitro, and trifluoroalkyl, R2 is saturated alkyl of 3 to 5 atoms, and R3 is alkyl of 1 to 5. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 44, 45, 47)
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2. A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of traumatic injury comprising an effective traumatic injury-treating amount of a benzamide compound in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier,
wherein the benzamide is a material of Formula I: -
where n is 1 or 2, R1 is a group selected from acetyl, alkyl, amino, acylamino (NHCOR3), halo, nitro, and trifluoroalkyl, R2 is saturated alkyl of 3 to 5 atoms, and R3 is alkyl of 1 to 5. - View Dependent Claims (6, 46)
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- 7. A method for treating pain in a mammalian subject in need thereof, comprising delivering/administering to said subject an effective pain-treating amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a benzamide.
- 29. A method for treating a patient suffering from a traumatic injury comprising administering to said patient an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a benzamide compound of the formula I:
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