Pain treatment methods and compositions
AssigneeGruenenthal GmbH
InventorsBoris Chizh, Katharina Claudia Puetz, Michael Haurand
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention relates to amino acids, a method for the production thereof, medicaments containing said amino acids and the use of amino acids in the production of medicaments for treating pain.
Claims26
A pharmaceutical composition for treating pain, comprising an effective pain-treating amount of a compound of Formula I
- 39
- wherein in Formula I
- one of R1 and R2 denotes C1-3 alkyl, in each case unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted;
- and the other of R1 and R2 denotes branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted C3-10 alkyl;
- or aryl or heteroaryl, unsubstituted or monosubstituted;
- or unsubstituted or mono substituted C3-8 cycloalkyl;
- or
- R1 and R2 together denote substituted or unsubstituted (CH2)5, so that a substituted or unsubstituted cyclohexyl is obtained, and
- a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
A pharmaceutical composition for treating hyperalgesia, allodynia, hot flash, postmenopausal complaint, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), spastic paralysis, restless leg syndrome, acquired nystagmus;
- a psychiatric or neuropathological disorders;
- painful diabetic neuropathy, a symptom due to multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disease;
- a gastric intestinal injury;
- erythromelalgic or post-poliomyelitic pain, trigeminal or post-therapeutic neuralgia;
- or for anticonvulsive or anxiolytic treatment,
- wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and an effective amount of a compound of Formula I,
- 40
- in which
- one of R1 and R2 denotes C1-3 alkyl, in each case unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted;
- and the other of R1 and R2 denotes branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted C3-10 alkyl;
- or aryl, or heteroaryl, unsubstituted or monosubstituted;
- or unsubstituted or monosubstituted C3-8 cycloalkyl;
- or
- R1 and R2 together denote substituted or unsubstituted (CH2)5, so that a substituted or unsubstituted cyclohexyl is obtained.
A compound selected from the group consisting of 2-amino-3-methyldecanoic acid, 2-amino-3-methylundecanoic acid, 2-amino-3-cyclobutyl-butanoic acid, and 2-amino-3-cyclohexyl-butanoic acid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.