- Chlormezanone
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"Trancopal" redirects here. For Trancopal Dolo, see Flupirtine.
Chlormezanone Systematic (IUPAC) name 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-1,1-dioxo-1,3-thiazinan-4-one Clinical data AHFS/Drugs.com International Drug Names Pregnancy cat. ? Legal status ℞ Prescription only Routes Oral Pharmacokinetic data Half-life 40.5 hours Identifiers CAS number 80-77-3 ATC code M03BB02 PubChem CID 2717 DrugBank APRD00865 ChemSpider 2616 UNII GP568V9G19 KEGG D00268 ChEBI CHEBI:3619 ChEMBL CHEMBL1200714 Chemical data Formula C11H12ClNO3S Mol. mass 273.737 g/mol SMILES eMolecules & PubChem (what is this?) (verify) Chlormezanone (marketed under the brandname Trancopal) is a drug used as an anxiolytic and a muscle relaxant.
Its use was discontinued in many countries in 1996, due to rare but serious cases of toxic epidermal necrolysis.
Chemistry
- Sterling Drug Inc., US 3082209 (1958).
- Surrey, A. R.; Webb, W. G.; Gesler, R. M. (1958). Journal of the American Chemical Society 80 (13): 3469. doi:10.1021/ja01546a065.
References
- Wollina U, Hipler U, Seeling A, Oelschlager H (2005). "Investigations of interactions of chlormezanone racemate and its enantiomers on human keratinocytes and human leucoytes in vitro". Skin Pharmacol Physiol 18 (3): 132–138. doi:10.1159/000084910. PMID 15897685.
- Seeling A, Oelschläger H, Rothley D (2000). "Important pharmaceutical-chemical characteristics of the central muscle relaxant chlormezanone". Pharmazie 55 (4): 293–6. PMID 10798243.
- Oelschläger H, Klinger W, Rothley D, Seeling A, Bockhard H, Hofmann B, Machts H, Riederer H, Rackur H (1998). "[Cleavage and biotransformation of the central muscle relaxant chlormezanone]". Pharmazie 53 (9): 620–4. PMID 9770210.
- Gautier V, Vincon G, Demotes-Mainard F, Albin H (1990). "[Pharmacokinetics of chlormezanone in healthy volunteers] (original in French)". Pharmazie 45 (4): 315–9. PMID 2399514.
Skeletal muscle relaxants (M03) Peripherally acting
(primarily antinicotinic,
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short duration: Mivacurium • Chandonium
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long duration: Doxacurium • Dimethyltubocurarine • Pancuronium • Pipecuronium • Laudexium • Gallamine
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