Anandamide inhibitors as analgesic agents

摘要

Disclosed is a method of inhibiting anandamide amidase in an individual or animal and novel inhibitors of anandamide amidase. The disclosed method can be used to reduce pain in an individual or animal suffering from pain, reducing nausea in an individual undergoing chemotherapy, suppressing appetite in an individual, reducing intraocular pressure in the eye of an individual or animal suffering from glaucoma and suppressing the immune system in an individual with an organ transplant.