Abstract: Use a compound of formula (I) wherein: R1 is hydrogen or alkyl; R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aryl and heterocyclyle or together may form a ring or R1 and R2 or R3 together may form an oxygen-containing, optionally fused ring pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, with the proviso that where R1 and R4 to R9 are hydrogen, R2 or R3 is not 3-methoxy-4-benzyloxyphenyl or 2-dimethylaminoethoxymethyl, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disorder in which the blocking of purine receptors, particularly adenosine receptors and more particularly A2A receptors, may be beneficial.