ANTICONVULSANT DERIVATIVES USEFUL IN TREATING ALCOANTICONVULSANT DERIVATIVES USEFUL IN TREATING ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY, ADDICTION AND ABUSE HOL DEPENDENCY, ADDICTION AND ABUSE

摘要

A method for treating alcohol dependency, addition and abuse comprising administering to a mammal afflicted with such condition a therapeutically effective amount for treating such condition of a compound of formula (I): wherein X is CH2 or oxygen; R1 is hydrogen or alkyl; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 a re independently hydrogen or lower alkyl and, when X is CH2, R4 and R5 may be alkene groups joined to form a benzene ring and, when X is oxygen, R2 and R3 and/or R4 and R5 together may be a methylenedioxy group of the following formula (II): wherein R6 and R7 are the same or different and are hydrogen, lower alkyl or are alkyl and are joined to form a cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl ring.