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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
John R. Carson, Norristown, PA (US);
Richard J. Carmosin, late of Quakertown, PA (US);
Louis J. Fitzpatrick, Souderton, PA (US);
Allen B. Reitz, Lansdale, PA (US);
Michele C. Jetter, Norristown, PA (US);
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US);
Abstract
4-[aryl(piperidin-4-yl)]aminobenzamides are delta-opioid receptor agonists/antagonists. As delta-opioid receptor agonists, such compounds are useful as analgesics. Depending on their agonist/antagonist effect, such compounds may also be useful immunosuppressants, antiinflammatory agents, agents for the treatment of mental illness, medicaments for drug and alcohol abuse, agents for treating gastritis and diarrhea, cardiovascular agents, and agents for the treatment of respiratory diseases.