A method of treating a patient suffering from or susceptible to ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease or stroke or which subject is suffering pain, a CNS disorder or sleep apnea which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of an adenosine derivative which is an agonist at the adenosine A1 receptor and which exhibits little or no agonist activity of the A3 receptor. The adenosine derivative has a general formula (I) as follows:
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一种治疗患有或易感患缺血性心脏病、外周血管病或中风或患有疼痛、中枢神经系统障碍或睡眠呼吸暂停的患者的方法,包括给予治疗有效量的
腺苷衍
生物,该
腺苷衍
生物是
腺苷A1受体激动剂,并且在A3受体上表现出很少或没有激动剂活性。该
腺苷衍
生物具有以下通式(I):1