Method for treating nicotine addiction
First Claim
1. A method for treating a patient addicted to nicotine, said method comprising:
- administering to the patient addicted to nicotine an effective amount of a compound having the formula;
##STR5## wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1 to C6 alkyl;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, and ethyl;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, C1 to C6 alkanoyl, C3 to C6 cycloalkanoyl, and pyridinecarbonyl;
Q is a bivalent alkylene moiety; and
Y is selected from the group consisting of a halo-(C2 to C6)-alkenyl moiety having 1 or 2 chlorine or bromine atoms attached to the ethylenic carbon, a cycloalkyl moiety, a cyano moiety, and a cyano-(C3 to C6 )-alkenyl moietyor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for treating nicotine addiction. The method involves administering to the patient an effective amount of a compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1 to C6 alkyl;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, and ethyl;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, C1 to C6 alkanoyl, C3 to C6 cycloalkanoyl, and pyridinecarbonyl;
Q is a bivalent alkylene moiety; and
Y is selected from the group consisting of a halo-(C2 to C6)-alkenyl moiety having 1 or 2 chlorine or bromine atoms attached to the ethylenic carbon, a cycloalkyl moiety, a cyano moiety, and a cyano-(C3 to C6)-alkenyl moiety
or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid-addition salt thereof.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for treating a patient addicted to nicotine, said method comprising:
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administering to the patient addicted to nicotine an effective amount of a compound having the formula;
##STR5## wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1 to C6 alkyl;R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, and ethyl; R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, C1 to C6 alkanoyl, C3 to C6 cycloalkanoyl, and pyridinecarbonyl; Q is a bivalent alkylene moiety; and Y is selected from the group consisting of a halo-(C2 to C6)-alkenyl moiety having 1 or 2 chlorine or bromine atoms attached to the ethylenic carbon, a cycloalkyl moiety, a cyano moiety, and a cyano-(C3 to C6 )-alkenyl moiety or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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