(A4) ;PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR AMNESIA;0007 (B1) ;NEFIRACETAM FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF AMNESIA CAUSED BY PROPOFOL

摘要

A medicament comprising as an active ingredient a compound represented by the following formula: R<2>-CH2CONH-R<1> wherein R<1> represents pyridyl group, a substituted pyridyl group, phenyl group, or a substituted phenyl group; and R<2> represents a 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl group which may be substituted (e.g., N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-2-(2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)acetamide), which is useful for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of amnesia caused by, for example, an anesthetic agent for intravenous administration such as propofol.