Thienodiazepine compounds of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and respectively stand for a hydrogen atom, a halogen, an alkyl or an aralkyl, or mean a group wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 combinedly together form a ring; R.sup.3 stands for an oxygen atom, R.sup.4 stands for a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, an alkenyl or a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.m COOR.sup.6 (wherein R.sup.6 l stands for a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, an alkenyl or an aralkyl and m stands for an integer of 1-6), or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 stand for a group wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 combinedly together form a group of the formula .dbd.N--N.dbd.C(R.sup.5)-- [wherein R.sup.5 stands for a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, an alkenyl, an aralkyl or a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.n COOR.sup.7 (wherein R.sup.7 stands for a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, an alkenyl or an aralkyl and n stands for an integer of 1-6)]; Ar and X are the same or different and respectively stand for an aryl or a heteroaryl; and p stands for an integer of 1-6, and their salts and their pharmaceutical use.These compounds possess an antagonistic action to cholecystokinin and gastrin and exhibit a durable pancreatic enzymes- and gastric acid-secretion-suppressive action, and therefore are useful as the medicaments acting on the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system and as the prophylactic or therapeutic medicines for pancreatic disorders and gastrointestinal ulcers.