Claims
- 1. A method for the prevention or treatment of pruritus in a patient comprising administering to said patient an effective amount of a compound of formula IIA or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof ##STR299## wherein n=1-3,
- R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently=CH.sub.3 ; --(CH.sub.2).sub.m, where m=4-8,
- --CH.sub.2 CH(OR)(CH.sub.2).sub.2 -- wherein R is H, alkyl, acyl or aroyl; CH.sub.2 CH(F)(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --;
- --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 O(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --; or --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 CH.dbd.CHCH.sub.2 --;
- Ar=mono- or di-substituted phenyl; wherein said substituents are selected from the group consisting of halogen, OCH.sub.3, OH, SO.sub.2 CH.sub.3, CF.sub.3, NH.sub.2, alkyl, CN, unsubstituted and substituted sulfamoyl groups;
- or Ar substituted with
- --NH(CH.sub.2).sub.u CO.sub.2 R'; --NH(CH.sub.2).sub.u (CH.dbd.CH).sub.u (CH.sub.2)CO.sub.2 R';
- --NHCO(CH.sub.2).sub.u (CH.dbd.CH).sub.u (CH.sub.2).sub.u CO.sub.2 R'; --NHP(O)(OBn).sub.2 ; --NHP(O)(OR').sub.2 ;
- --(CH.sub.2).sub.u NHSO.sub.2 CH.sub.3 ; --(CH.sub.2).sub.u NHC(S)NHCH(CO.sub.2 R')(CH.sub.2).sub.u CO.sub.2 R';
- --CONHOH; or --(CH.sub.2).sub.u CONHOH;
- wherein
- u=0-5;
- R'=H or lower alkyl;
- or Ar is ##STR300## X.sub.4 and X.sub.5 are independently H; halogen; OH; OCH.sub.3 ; CF.sub.3 ; NO.sub.2 ; NH.sub.2 ; amino substituted with acyl, carbamate, alkyl or aryl sulfonates; COR' where R' is OH, amide, alkoxy, aryloxy or heteroaryloxy.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/183,011 filed on Oct. 30, 1998, now allowed, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/150,369 filed on Sep. 9, 1998, now allowed, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/034,661 filed on Mar. 3, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,945,443, which in turn is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/899,086 filed on Jul. 23, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,744,458, which in turn is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/796,078, filed on Feb. 5, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,688,955, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/612,680, filed on Mar. 8, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,646,151.
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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