Medicament for treating anxiety and panic fear

摘要

The present invention relates to novel indications of known cyclic amino acids. Such compounds as for example gabapentin, are useful in the treatment of anxiety and in the treatment and/or prevention of panic attacks. It has been determined that partial N-terminal sequence of gabapentin binding protein is identical to the N-terminal sequence of the mature {alpha}i2{delta} subunit of the L-type Cae2+ channel from rabbit skeletal muscle.