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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
May. 02, 2001
John H. Dodd, Stockton, NJ (US);
James L. Bullington, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
Daniel A. Hall, Somerset, NJ (US);
James R. Henry, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Kenneth C. Rupert, South Orange, NJ (US);
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to novel dihydropyridine soft drugs of the formula &PHgr;OOR , where &PHgr; is a dihydropyridine moiety. These compounds are useful as calcium channel antagonists with cardiovascular, antiasthmatic and antibroncho-constriction activity. Use of such soft drug analogs permits the administration of greater doses of the claimed dihydropyridine compounds without intolerable systemic effects. Thus, this invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, as well as methods, for preventing and treating disorders such as hypersensitivity, allergy, asthma, bronchospasim, dysmenorrhea, esophageal spasm, glaucoma, premature labor, urinary tract disorders, gastrointestinal motility disorders and cardiovascular disorders, while avoiding unwanted systemic effects.