Application of 2-cyano-10- (2-methyl-3- (methylamino)- propyl) phenothiazine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt as medicament
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to the application of 2-cyano-10-(2-methyl-3-(methylamino)-propyl)phenothiazine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to produce a medicament intended for the treatment of sleep disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, mixed anxiety-depression disorder, acute and chronic psychotic state, addiction to and withdrawal from a substance, extrapyramidal events induced by antipsychotics, or symptomatic dimensions during acute or chronic psychotic states as monotherapy or in combination with other antipsychotics.
1. A method of treating a patient for sleep disorders selected from the group consisting of insomnia and sleep apnea comprising the oral or parenteral administration of a therapeutically effective amount of from about 10 mg to about 300 mg of 2-cyano-10-(2-methyl-3-(methylamino)propyl)phenothiazine (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said sleep disorder is primary insomnia.
3. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said sleep disorder is insomnia related to another mental disorder.
4. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said sleep disorder is obstructive sleep apnea. disease is anxiety disorder.