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US 4,169,154 AGranted
Method of treating depression with thiourea derivatives
AssigneeHoffmann-La Roche Inc.
InventorsMichael R. Cohen, Richard W. Kierstead, Jefferson W. Tilley
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Abstract
A method of utilizing thiourea derivatives of the formulas ##STR1## wherein R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and X are as hereinafter described, as agents in the treatment of depression, is described.
Claims2
A method of treating depression which comprises administering to a host requiring such treatment an effective amount of a thiourea derivative of the formula ##STR15## wherein R is lower alkyl;
- R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, independently, are halogen;
- R.sub.3 is amino or piperidino;
- and X is sulfur or imino, or an addition salt thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.