摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to certain novel piperidine-containing, substituted hydroxybenzyl alcohols and their pharmaceutically-acceptable salts (I). The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions useful for weigth reduction that alternatively contain as the active ingredient one of these chemical products or other substituted hydroxybenzyl alcohols, such as metaraminol, α-methylepinephrine, α-methylnorepinephrine, and N-substituted α-methylnorepinephrine related compounds of formula (II) where X = (a) and (b). The invention also relates to the use of these pharmaceutical compositions as anorectic agents for mammals.</p> |