Method for treating arthritis
AssigneeAnaMar AB
InventorsTorbjörn Lundstedt, Anna Skottner, Elisabeth Seifert
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of compounds of general formula (I) as ligands to the melanocortin receptors and/or for treatment of disorders in the melanocortin system: wherein X is H or OH; R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are the same or different and are selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, electron donor groups such as alkoxy having 1-5 carbon atoms or hydroxy, electron acceptor groups selected from cyano, nitro, trifluoroalkyl or amide; alkylamino, benzoyloxy, nitroxy, phenyl or sulpho; and the pharmacologically active salts thereof.
Claims8
A method of treating arthritis, comprising administering an effective amount of N-(2-chloro-3,4-dimethoxybenzylideneamino)guanidine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a patient in need thereof.
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