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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1998
Kelly Renee Bales, Cloverdale, IN (US);
Henry Uhlman Bryant, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Steven Marc Paul, Carmel, IN (US);
Mary Patricia Knadler, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of treating depression, mood swings, or Alzheimer's disease in a patient in need of such treatment by administering a selective estrogen receptor modulating compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently hydroxy and alkoxy of one to four carbon atoms; and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently methyl or ethyl, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a pyrrolidino, methyl-pyrrolidino, dimethylpyrrolidino, piperidino, morpholino, or hexamethyleneimino ring.