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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Michael D Meyer, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Robert J Altenbach, Chicago, IL (US);
Fatima Z Basha, Lake Forest, IL (US);
William A Carroll, Evanston, IL (US);
Irene Drizin, Wadsworth, IL (US);
Steven W Elmore, Libertyville, IL (US);
James F Kerwin, Jr, Grayslake, IL (US);
Suzanne A Lebold, Chicago, IL (US);
Edmund L Lee, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Kevin B Sippy, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Karin R Tietje, Mundelein, IL (US);
Michael D Wendt, North Chicago, IL (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a compound of the formula ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein W is a tricyclic heterocyclic ring system; which is an .alpha.-1 adrenergic antagonist and is useful in the treatment of BPH; also disclosed are .alpha.-1 antagonist compositions and a method for antagonizing .alpha.-1 receptors and treating BPH.