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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2009
Subramaniam Ananthan, Birmingham, AL (US);
Richard B. Rothman, Baltimore, MD (US);
Edward J. Bilsky, Biddeford, ME (US);
Frank Porreca, Tucson, AZ (US);
Subramaniam Ananthan, Birmingham, AL (US);
Richard B. Rothman, Baltimore, MD (US);
Edward J. Bilsky, Biddeford, ME (US);
Frank Porreca, Tucson, AZ (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL (US);
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME (US);
The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ (US);
Abstract
Compounds represented by the formula: wherein R is Calkyl; Ccycloalkylalkyl; or Calkenyl; R' is H or Calkyl; X is H or OH; Y is alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl or aroyl; and Z is CH or N; provided that X is H, when Z is CH and R is Ccycloalkylalkyl or Calkenyl; prodrugs thereof; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided. Compounds of the above formula are useful as analgesics for treating pain; as immunomodulators, to modulate the behavioral effects of drugs of abuse and to modulate the development of tolerance and dependence to μ agonists.