Methapyrilene

Methapyrilene
Methapyrilene
Systematic (IUPAC) name
N,N-dimethyl-N'-pyridin-2-yl-N'-(2-thienylmethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
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Identifiers
CAS number 91-80-5
ATC code R06AC05
PubChem CID 4098
DrugBank DB04819
ChemSpider 3956 YesY
UNII A01LX40298 YesY
KEGG C11114 YesY
ChEBI CHEBI:6820 YesY
Chemical data
Formula C14H19N3S 
Mol. mass 261.387
SMILES eMolecules & PubChem
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Methapyrilene is a antihistamine and anticholinergic of the pyridine chemical class which was developed in the early 1950s. It has relatively strong sedative effects, to the extent that its primary use was as a medication for insomnia rather than for its antihistamine action. Together with scopolamine, it was the main ingredient in Sominex, Nytol, and Sleep-Eze. It also provided the sedative component of Excedrin PM. All of these products were reformulated in the late 1970s because methapyrilene was demonstrated to cause liver cancer in rats when given chronically.

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