摘要 |
This invention provides methods for treating, preventing or inhibiting anxiety, anxiety-related conditions and phobias in a mammal using compounds of the formula (I) wherein: R>1< is H, alkyl, alkanoyl or the radical Ar; R>2< is H or alkyl; R>3< is alkoxy, NH>2<, alkylamino, dialkylamino, amino substituted by the radical Ar, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or the radicals Ar or ArO-; R>4< is H, alkyl or the radical Ar; R>5< is H or alkyl or the radical Ar; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester form thereof; Ar is an optionally substituted phenyl radical; and n is O or 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester form thereof, with the methods particularly including the use of N-[2-amino-4-(4-fluorobenzylamino)-phenyl]carbamic acid ethyl ester, also known as retigabine. |