USE OF SUBSTANCE P ANTAGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME AND/OR FIBROMYALGIA AND USE OF NK-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

摘要

The invention relates to the pharmaceutical use of specific substance Pantagonists, in particular 1-acylpiperidine substanceP antagonists, especially N-benzoyl-2-benzyl-4-(azanaphthoyl-amino)-piperidines, e.g. of formula (I), wherein X and Y are eachindependently of the other N and/or CH and the ring A is unsubstituted or mono-or poly-substituted by substituents selected fromthe group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, nitro andtrifluoromethyl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof fortreatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in the absence of serotoninagonist/selective serotonin reuptake inhibitory therapy, or for thetreatment of fibromyalgia or associated functional symptoms.