Abstract: The present invention provides a method of inhibiting connective tissue degradation that comprises administering to a patient having a condition in which connective tissue is degraded a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the formula where R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently hydrogen, hydroxy, halo, amino, nitro, C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, CF3, CN, S(O)n—, R6 and R7 are independently hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, or acyl; n is 0 to 2; R8 is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl; W is S or O; Z is C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, or NR9R10; R9 and R10 are independently hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl; and R5 is where Y is hydroxy, thiol, amino, or NHCN; X is sulfur or oxygen; and Q is sulfur, oxygen, NH, or NCN, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds and medical methods of treatment of inflammation, atherosclerosis, restenosis, and immune disorders especially those associated with lymphocyte or monocyte accumulation such as arthritis and transplant rejection. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of 2-phenyl benzimidazole derivatives.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using same in the treatment of diseases whose treatment benefits from the inhibition of phosphodiesterase (PDE-IV) or Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) including asthma, allergic diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, septic shock. The compounds provided by this invention have formula (I) wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 are as defined herein.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that are antagonists of dopamine D4 receptors, and to methods of treating psychosis and schizophrenia using a compound that is an antagonist of dopamine D4 receptors.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that are antagonists of dopamine D4 receptors, and to methods of treating psychosis and schizophrenia using a compound that is an antagonist of dopamine D4 receptors.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that are antagonists of dopamine D4 receptors, and to methods of treating psychosis and schizophrenia using a compound that is an antagonist of dopamine D4 receptors.

Abstract: 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-chromeno?3,4-c!pyridin-5-ones of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.5 include hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, halo, nitro, amino, and trifluoromethyl; R.sub.4 is unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, pyridyl, or quinolinyl; and n is 0 to 4, are useful to treat psychosis in mammals, particularly schizophrenia.

Abstract: The manufacture and use of compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein Y is O or S, R.sub.1 is hydrogen or alkyl, and R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are hydrogen or various substituent groups, and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. The compounds have activity as inhibitors of the IL-I or other agonist-induced proteoglycan degradation in bovine nasal cartilage and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds are described to treat conditions advantageously affected by such inhibition including arthritis.

Abstract: Benzothiophene, benzofuran and indole-thiazepinones, oxazepinones, and diazepinones are effective therapeutic agents for treating viral diseases, including those caused by herpesvirus and HIV.