Compounds for the treatment of addiction

Disclosed are N-[4-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-pyridin-4-yl)-benzyl]-benzamide derivatives which are useful as human mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH-2) inhibitors for treating chemical dependency on dopamine-producing agents such as cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, nicotine and alcohol. Also disclo...

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Hauptverfasser: Graupe, Michael, Guerrero, Juan A, Zablocki, Jeff, Venkataramani, Chandrasekar, Cannizzaro, Carina E, Strickley, Robert G, Lu, Yafan
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Zusammenfassung:Disclosed are N-[4-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-pyridin-4-yl)-benzyl]-benzamide derivatives which are useful as human mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH-2) inhibitors for treating chemical dependency on dopamine-producing agents such as cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, nicotine and alcohol. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of said compounds and methods of using the compounds in the treatment of addiction.