The use of R (+)-alpha- (2,3-Dimethoxyphenyl) -1- [ 2- (4-fluorophenyl) ethyl] -4-piper idinemethanol for the treatment of sleep disorders
AssigneeAventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
InventorsCesare Mondadori, Stephen M. Sorensen, Janice Hitchcock
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Abstract
A method of treating a patient for a Sleep Disorder comprising administering an effective amount of R-(+)-α-(2,3-Dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinemethanol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need of such treatment.
Claims27
A method of treating a patient for a Sleep Disorder by administering to the patient a therapeutically sufficient amount of R-(+)-α-(2,3-Dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinemethanol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A method of treating a patient for a Sleep Disorder, and another Condition treatable with of R-(+)-α-(2,3-Dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinemethanol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, by administering to the patient a therapeutically sufficient amount of R-(+)-α-(2,3-Dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinemethanol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
The method of claim 7 wherein the Sleep Disorder is Insomnia.
The method of claim 7 wherein the Sleep Disorder is Primary Insomnia.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.