Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
5-HT2C RECEPTOR AGONISTS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE

Abstract:

The present invention relates to compounds of Formula A and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the 5-HT.sub.2C receptor. Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the treatment of a 5-HT.sub.2C receptor-mediated disorder, such as, weight management, inducing satiety, and decreasing food intake, and for preventing and treating obesity, antipsychotic-induced weight gain, type 2 diabetes, Prader-Willi syndrome, tobacco/nicotine dependence, chug addiction, alcohol addiction and the like, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders and impulse control disorders (including nail-biting and onychophagia), sleep disorders, urinary incontinence, psychiatric disorders (including schizophrenia, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa), Alzheimer disease, sexual dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, ##STR00001##