Claims
- 1. A method for the treatment of migraine comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, an anti-migraine amount of a compound of the formula: ##STR8## in which B is represented by a C.sub.1-4 alkylene bridging group; Alk is represented by a linear alkylene bridging group containing from 2-8 carbon atoms; D is represented by a bond or an ethenylene bridging group; X, Y, and Z are each independently represented by hydrogen; R.sub.1 is represented by a substituent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-5 alkoxy, --CF.sub.3, --OCF.sub.3, --OH, --NO.sub.2, --CN, and --NR.sub.2 R.sub.3 ; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently represented by H or a C.sub.1-4 alkyl; R is represented by a substituent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-5 alkoxy, --CF.sub.3, --OCF.sub.3, --OH, --NO.sub.2, and --CN; and, A is represented by H, or C.sub.1-4 alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
- 2. A method according to claim 1 in which said compound is 6-[[2-(5-Hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]amino]-N-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-hexanamide.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/962,434, filed on Oct. 16, 1992, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,387,604 on Feb. 7, 1995, which is a divisional of Ser. No. 07/735,700, filed on Jul. 30, 1991, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,189,179 on Feb. 23, 1993, which was a continuation in part of Ser. No. 07/574,710, filed Aug. 29, 1990, now abandoned, herein incorporated by reference.
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