Spa Societa Prodotti Antibiotici S.p.a.

Rodolfo Ferrari, Deceased

Tiberio Bruzzese

The present invention provides a method of relieving pain and of treating inflammatory conditions in warm-blooded animals, including humans, which comprises administering to a warm-blooded animal suffering from an inflammatory condition a phenyl-alkanoic acid salt of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl radical, R.sub.2 is a halogen atom or an alkyl radical containing up to 5 carbon atoms, which may be straight-chained or branched, for example an isobutyl radical, or is a cyclohexyl radical or is a phenoxy or benzoyl radical, which may be substituted by one or two halogen atoms, R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom or an allyloxy radical or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, together with the phenyl nucleus to which they are attached, represent a naphthyl ring system containing a methoxy substituent, B is a primary, secondary or tertiary amino group or a guanidino or amidino group and n is a whole number not greater than 5, for example B is an amino group and n is 3 (ornithine), B is an amino group and n is 4 (lysine) or B is a guanidino radical and n is 3 (arginine).

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Rodolfo Ferrari, Deceased