The present invention provides a method of treating depression, mood swings, or Alzheimer's disease in a patient in need of such treatment by administering a selective estrogen receptor modulating compound of the formula
1
in which R
1
and R
2
are independently hydroxy and alkoxy of one to four carbon atoms; and R
3
and R
4
are independently methyl or ethyl, or R
3
and R
4
, taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a pyrrolidino, methyl-pyrrolidino, dimethylpyrrolidino, piperidino, morpholino, or hexamethyleneimino ring.
本发明提供了一种治疗抑郁症、情绪波动或阿尔茨海默病的方法,通过给需要该治疗的患者给予选择性
雌激素受体调节化合物,该化合物的公式为1,其中R1和R2独立地为一至四个碳原子的羟基和烷氧基;R3和R4独立地为甲基或乙基,或R3和R4与它们所连接的氮原子一起形成
吡咯烷基、甲基
吡咯烷基、二甲基
吡咯烷基、
哌啶基、吗啉基或六亚甲基胺环。