METHODS FOR INHIBITING FIBROUS INFLAMMATORY DISEASE AND RIEDEL'S THYROIDITIS

摘要

A method of inhibiting Riedel's thyroiditis and fibrous inflammatory disease in a human which comprises the administration to a human in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) wherein R?1 and R3¿ are, independently, -H, -CH¿3?, -CO(C1-C6 alkyl), or -COAr, where Ar is optionally substituted phenyl; R?3¿ is selected from the group consisting of pyrrolidine, piperidine, and hexamethyleneimino; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof.