Abstract: A method of controlling emesis caused by non-platinum anti-cancer drugs with 2-alkoxy-N-(1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl)benzamides and thiobenzamides having the formula ##STR1## wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R.sub.1 is loweralkyl; and R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, 4,5-benzo, methylsulfonyl, loweralkoxy or Am and n is 1 or 2, and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof is disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 5, 1986
Date of Patent:
January 5, 1988
Assignee:
A. H. Robins Company, Inc.
Inventors:
Reevis S. Alphin, William L. Smith, Harry R. Munson, Jr., Robert F. Boswell