Treatment of sleep disorders
AssigneeEvotec International GmbH
InventorsJohn Alan Kemp, Ian Michael Hunneyball, Timothy Tasker
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Abstract
The use of 7-chloro-3-(5-dimethylaminomethyl-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl)-5methyl-4,5-dihydro-imidazol[1,5,-a][1,4]benzodiazepine-6-one or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt for treating various types of insomnia.
Claims18
A method for treating maintenance insomnia in a human in need thereof comprising administering to the human before bedtime an amount of a compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof effective to treat the maintenance insomnia and to increase total sleep time in a period of about four to about eight hours after administration
A method for treating terminal insomnia in a human in need thereof comprising administering to the human before bedtime an amount of a compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof effective to treat the terminal insomnia and to increase total sleep time in a period of about four to about eight hours after administration
A method for increasing total sleep time in a period in a human in need thereof comprising administering to the human before bedtime an amount of a compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof effective to increase total sleep time in the period, which is about four to about eight hours after administration
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