Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating and preventing obesity and related co-morbid conditions comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of one or more monoamine reuptake inhibitors which are serotonin reuptake inhibitors and/or noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors and a 5-HT1A agonist to a patient in need thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula I including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in the form of individual enantiomers, racemates, or other mixtures of enantiomers, in which Ar is phenyl, naphthyl or benzo[b]thiophenyl, each of which may be optionally substituted; R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, independently are a) H, b) an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, c) an alkenyl group containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms, d) a cycloalkyl group containing 3 to 7 carbon atoms, e) a cycloalkylmethyl group in which the ring contains 3 to 7 carbon atoms, f) an aryl or heteroaryl group optionally substituted g) an arylalkyl or heteroarylalkyl group each optionally substituted; or R1 and R2 form an alkylene chain optionally substituted by one or more alkyl groups each containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, such that, together with the atoms to which they are attached, they form a 5 or 6 membered ring; R3 is a) H, b) an aryl or heteroaryl group each optionally substituted c) an optionally

Abstract: Substituted piperazine compounds of formula I ##STR1## in which HET is a substituted pyrazole, imidazole or 1,2,4-triazole have utility in the treatment of central nervous system disorders, for example depression, anxiety, psychoses (for example schizophrenia), tardive dyskinesia, Parkinson's disease, obesity, hypertension, Tourette's syndrome, sexual dysfunction, drug addiction, drug abuse, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, senile dementia, obsessive-compulsive behaviour, panic attacks, social phobias, eating disorders and anorexia, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, hyperglycaemia, constipation, arrhythmia, disorders of the neuroendocrine system, stress, prostatic hypertrophy, and spasticity.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I ##STR1## in which A is S(O).sub.p or O;p is 0, 1 or 2;g is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4;n is 2 or 3; andR.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are optional substituents have utility in the treatment of central nervous system disorders, for example depression, anxiety, psychoses (for example schizophrenia), tardive dyskinesia, obesity, drug addiction, drug abuse, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, senile dementia, cerebral ischemia, obsessive-compulsive behavior, panic attacks, social phobias, eating disorders and anorexia, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, hyperglycemia, and stress.