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Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000

Filed:

Jun. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Raymond Baker, Dursley, GB;

Neil Roy Curtis, Puckeridge, GB;

Jason Matthew Elliott, Felsted, GB;

Timothy Harrison, Great Dunmow, GB;

Gregory John Hollingworth, Brentwood, GB;

Philip Stephen Jackson, Grantham, GB;

Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Sawbridgeworth, GB;

Nadia Melanie Rupniak, Bishops Stortford, GB;

Eileen Mary Seward, Bishops Stortford, GB;

Christopher John Swain, Duxford, GB;

Brian John Williams, Great Dunmow, GB;

Assignee:

Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd., Hoddesdon, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 90 ; 5142362 ; 5142378 ; 514278 ; 514315 ;
Abstract

The present invention provides the use of an orally active, long acting, CNS-penetrant NK-1 receptor antagonist for the manufacture of a medicament adapted for oral administration for the treatment or prevention of stress disorders without concomitant therapy with other anti-stress agents, methods of treatment using such a NK-1 receptor antagonist and pharmaceutical compositions comprising it.


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