ADDICTIVENESS OF TWO BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES -- PRELIMINARY REPORT

MAY 1 1959 ADDICTIVENESS OF TUO BENZMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES Preliminary Report Hunger, et al (1) and Gross and Turian (2) have found that some basically substituted benzimidazole derivOaves have analgesic activity. Since these compounds constitute a completely new chemical class of analgesics, two compounds were referred to the Addiction Research Center,' USPHS Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, for determination of their addictive potentialities in man. This report presents the work accomplished prior...