USE OF TEOPHYLLIN DERIVATIVES FOR THE PREPARATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SHOCK

摘要

The use of at least one theophylline 1-ether analogue of formula (I) or its diastereoisomer or salt is claimed for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of shock states. R1 = 1-5C alkyl or (1-2C)alkoxy-(1-3C) alkyl; or phenyl or phenyl-(1-2C)alkyl (both optionally mono- or dihalo-substituted in the ring); A = 1-4C alkylene; R2 = 1-5C alkyl, 3-6C cycloalkyl, 4-8C cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenyl-(1-2C)alkyl. Compounds (I) and their stereoisomers and salts are new, with the exception of compounds in which (a) R2 = n-propyl, R1= Me or Et and A = CH2CH2 or (b) R2 = n-propyl, R1 = Me and A = (CH2)3. Certain intermediates in the preparation of (I) are also new.