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US 4,289,787 AGranted
Quaternary ammonium antiarrhythmic drugs
AssigneeEli Lilly and Company
InventorsBryan B. Molloy, Mitchell I. Steinberg
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Abstract
Quaternary ammonium salts of certain phenylbutylamines are useful antiarrhythmic drugs. A method for treating arrhythmia and prolonging the action potential of cardiac tissue is provided. Pharmaceutical formulations containing such quaternary ammonium salts are disclosed.
Claims28
A compound having the general formula ##STR3## wherein:
- R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl;
- R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl;
- R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or phenyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;
- R.sup.4 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl;
- R.sup.5 is C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 alkyl;
- R.sup.6 is hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, nitro, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl;
- and
- X is a therapeutically acceptable anion.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.