Method of treating anxiety and compositions therefor
AssigneeAmerican Cyanamid Company
InventorsGeorge Rodger Allen, Jr., John William Hanifin, Jr., Daniel Bryan Moran, Jay Donald Albright
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Abstract
This disclosure describes compositions of matter useful as anxiolytic agents and the method of meliorating anxiety in mammals therewith, the active ingredient of said compositions of matter being 3-methyl-6-phenyl-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine or a pharmacologically acceptable acid-addition salt thereof.
Claims2
The method of meliorating anxiety in a mammal which comprises administering internally to said mammal an anxiolytically effective amount of 3-methyl-6-phenyl-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]-pyridazine or a pharmacologically acceptable acid-addition salt thereof.
A therapeutic composition in dosage unit form useful for meliorating anxiety in mammals comprising from about 0.03 milligram to about 10.0 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per daily dosage unit of 3-methyl-6-phenyl-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine or a pharmacologically acceptable acid-addition salt thereof in association with a pharmaceutical carrier.
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