Claims
- 1. A method of treating depression which comprises administering, to a human host suffering from depression, an antidepressive amount of a compound of the formula I ##STR52## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen of a C.sub.1,-C.sub.4 alkyl group,
- R.sub.2 represents a phenyl group which may be mono- or disubstituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkoxy, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, hydroxy or nitro, or R.sub.2 represents a pyridyl group,
- R.sub.3 represents hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group and
- R.sub.4 represents hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group,
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the compound used is 1-benzyl-4-aminomethyl-pyrrolidin-2-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the compound of formula I, R.sub.1 is hydrogen.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound of formula I is 1-(p-chlorobenzyl)-5-dimethylaminomethyl-pyrrolidine-2-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 291,948, filed Dec. 28, 1988, now abandoned, which in turn is a division of application Ser. No. 102,074 filed Sept. 29, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,812,453.
Divisions (1)
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Continuations (1)
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