A genus of dipeptide amides including as the preferred subgenus the dipeptide amides having the structural formula HTyrD-AlaNR2R3 wherein R2 is phenylalkyl or substituted-phenylalkyl and R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, phenylalkyl, substituted-phenylalkyl or X-alkyl wherein X is an electronegative moiety are prepared by condensing the dipeptide with the amine or the amino acid with the amino acid amide and are useful as analgesics.
Analgesic dipeptide amides and method of use and composition thereof