Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds which exhibit dopamine receptor antagonist activity and which may be useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with dopamine receptors. Also provided are methods for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the disclosed compounds, and methods for treating diseases or disorders with such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: Methods for treating a bacterial infection and for suppressing antibiotic resistance in a patient are described herein. Certain such methods generally involve administering an antibiotic and an adjuvant compound to a patient with a bacterial infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus, wherein the adjuvant compound comprises a fused tricyclic ring system with at least one halogen substituent. Compositions and kits containing such components are also described.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating a subject afflicted with a substance use disorder (SUD) comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound having the structure: wherein A is a ring structure, with or without substitution; X1 is C or N; X2 is N, O, or S; Y1 is H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(cycloalkyl), -(haloalkyl), -(alkyl)-O-(alkyl) or -(alkyl)-(cycloalkyl); Y2 is H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(cycloalkyl), -(haloalkyl), -(alkyl)-O-(alkyl) or -(alkyl)-(cycloalkyl); Y3 is H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(cycloalkyl), -(haloalkyl), -(alkyl)-O-(alkyl) or -(alkyl)-(cycloalkyl); Y4 is H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(cycloalkyl), -(haloalkyl), -(alkyl)-O-(alkyl) or -(alkyl)-(cycloalkyl); Y5 is H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(cycloalkyl), -(haloalkyl), -(alkyl)-O-(alkyl) or -(alkyl)-(cycloalkyl); Y6 is H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(cycloalkyl), -(haloalkyl), -(alkyl)-O-(alkyl) or -(alkyl)-(cycloalkyl); ? and ? are each pr