Sigma receptor antagonists having anti-cocaine properties and uses thereof
OwnerRae R. Matsumotoinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to novel sigma receptor antagonist compounds that have anti-cocaine properties. These sigma receptor antagonists are useful in the treatment of cocaine overdose and addiction as well as movement disorders. The sigma receptor antagonists of the present invention may also be used in the treatment of neurological, psychiatric, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, endocrine and immune system disorders as well as for imaging procedures. The present invention also relates to novel pharmaceutical compounds incorporating sigma receptor antagonists which can be used to treat overdose and addiction resulting from the use of cocaine and/or other drugs of abuse.
Claims2
A method of treating cocaine overdose and addiction which comprises administering to a patient an effective amount of a compound selected from the group represented by the formulas:
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- wherein R1 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, R2 is methyl, H, ethyl, n-propyl, or allyl, X is
- CH2, and R3 is 3,4 dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R4 is H, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or allyl, R5 is H, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or allyl, R6 is methyl, H, ethyl, n-propyl, or allyl, X is CH2, and R7 is 3,4 dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R8 is H, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or allyl, R9 is —(CH2)2—, X is CH2, and R10 is 3,4-dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R11 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, and R12 is 3,4-dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R13 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, and R14 is 3,4-dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R15 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, R16 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, and R17 is 3,4-dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R18 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, and R19 is 3,4-dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R20 is Ph(CH2)3 or m-methoxy-phenylethyl, n is an integer from 1 to 5, X is CH2 or C═O, and R21 is NH2, 3,4-dichlorophenyl, m-methoxyphenyl, p-methoxyphenyl, o-methoxyphenyl, m-nitrophenyl, o-nitrophenyl, p-nitrophenyl, p-aminophenyl, o-aminophenyl, or m-aminophenyl,
- as well as the isomers of these formulas and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.
A method of treating a human so as to stop the lethal effects of a cocaine overdose or treat the effects of cocaine addiction, wherein the method comprises administering to said human at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by the formulas:
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- wherein R1 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, R2 is methyl, H, ethyl, n-propyl, or allyl, X is
- CH2, and R3 is 3,4 dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R4 is H, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or allyl, R5 is H, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or allyl, R6 is methyl, H, ethyl, n-propyl, or allyl, X is CH2, and R7 is 3,4 dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R8 is H, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or allyl, R9 is —(CH2)2—, X is CH2, and R10 is 3,4-dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R11 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, and R12 is 3,4-dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R13 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, and R14 is 3,4-dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R15 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, R16 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, and R17 is 3,4-dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R18 is —(CH2)n— where n is an integer from 1 to 9, and R19 is 3,4-dichloro, m-methoxy, p-methoxy, o-methoxy, m-nitro, o-nitro, p-nitro, p-amine, o-amine, or m-amine,
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- wherein R20 is Ph(CH2)3 or m-methoxy-phenylethyl, n is an integer from 1 to 5, X is CH2 or C═O, and R21 is NH2, 3,4-dichlorophenyl, m-methoxyphenyl, p-methoxyphenyl, o-methoxyphenyl, m-nitrophenyl, o-nitrophenyl, p-nitrophenyl, p-aminophenyl, o-aminophenyl, or m-aminophenyl,
- as well as the isomers of these formulas and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof;
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- wherein the at least one compound is administered to said human in an amount sufficient to stop the lethal effects of a cocaine overdose or treat the effects of cocaine addiction in said human to thereby inhibit said effects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.