Method of treatment of anxiety and anxio-depressive disorders

US5026716A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Sanofi · FR

Inventors

• Alberto Bianchetti · Milano, IT
• Gerard R. Le Fur · Le Plessis-Robinson, FR
• Jacques Simiand · Saint-Égrève, FR
• Philippe Soubrie · Castelnau-le-Lez, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 1989
• Grant date: Jun 25, 1991
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P25/20
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of treatment of anxiety and depression in mammals is described which comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a trifluoromethylphenyl-tetrahydropyridine derivative of formula I ##STR1## wherein Alk represents a straight or branched (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkylene chain and R is selected from the group consisting of cyano, acetyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.7)cycloalkyl, pyridyl, 1-oxide-pyridyl and naphthyl, or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.