Abstract: In some aspects, the present disclosure provides compounds of the formula: wherein the variables are as defined herein. In some embodiments, these compounds may be used to reduce the pain of a patient. These compounds may be used in pain relief and show an improved pharmaceutical profile relative to other commonly used opiates and opioid derivatives.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 8, 2020
Publication date:
March 4, 2021
Applicants:
St. Louis College of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
Inventors:
Susruta MAJUMDAR, Vsevolod KATRITCH, Bryan ROTH, JAY MCLAUGHLIN, Saheem ZAIDI, Gavril W. PASTERNAK, Rajendra UPRETY
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is provided which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a pharmaceutically and physically acceptable amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of Chemical Formulas I-IV as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of increasing a level of a defined neurotrophic peptide in an organism or tissue comprising the administration of a pharmaceutically and physically acceptable amount of one or more of the compositions described above, and a method for treating a neurodegenerative disease in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition of claim 1.