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Stereochemistry RACEMIC
Molecular Formula C17H20NO3.Na
Molecular Weight 309.3354
Optical Activity ( + / - )
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 1
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

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Structure of ETODOLAC SODIUM

SMILES

[Na+].CCC1=CC=CC2=C1NC3=C2CCOC3(CC)CC([O-])=O

InChI

InChIKey=OYVVSFKYBAVZJZ-UHFFFAOYSA-M
InChI=1S/C17H21NO3.Na/c1-3-11-6-5-7-12-13-8-9-21-17(4-2,10-14(19)20)16(13)18-15(11)12;/h5-7,18H,3-4,8-10H2,1-2H3,(H,19,20);/q;+1/p-1

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Description
Curator's Comment: Description was created based on several sources, including https://www.drugs.com/pro/etodolac.html

Etodolac is an anti-inflammatory agent with analgesic and antipyretic properties. It is used to treat osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and control acute pain. The therapeutic effects of etodolac are achieved via inhibition of the synthesis of prostaglandins involved in fever, pain, swelling and inflammation. Etodolac is administered as a racemate. As with other NSAIDs, the S-form has been shown to be active while the R-form is inactive. Both enantiomers are stable and there is no evidence of R- to S- conversion in vivo. Similar to other NSAIDs, the anti-inflammatory effects of etodolac result from inhibition of the enzyme cycooxygenase (COX). This decreases the synthesis of peripheral prostaglandins involved in mediating inflammation. Etodolac binds to the upper portion of the COX enzyme active site and prevents its substrate, arachidonic acid, from entering the active site. Etodolac was previously thought to be a non-selective COX inhibitor, but it is now known to be 5 – 50 times more selective for COX-2 than COX-1. Antipyresis may occur by central action on the hypothalamus, resulting in peripheral dilation, increased cutaneous blood flow, and subsequent heat loss. Etodolac is used for acute and long-term management of signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as for the management of pain. Lodine, the brand-name formulation of the drug, has been discontinued in the United States, and only the generic form of etodolac is available.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
15.0 µM [IC50]
122.0 µM [IC50]
2.0 µM [IC50]
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Etodolac

Approved Use

Etodolac Capsules and Tablets, USP are indicated: For acute and long-term use in the management of signs and symptoms of the following: Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid arthritis For the management of acute pain

Launch Date

1997
Primary
Etodolac

Approved Use

Etodolac Capsules and Tablets, USP are indicated: For acute and long-term use in the management of signs and symptoms of the following: Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid arthritis For the management of acute pain

Launch Date

1997
Palliative
Etodolac

Approved Use

Etodolac Capsules and Tablets, USP are indicated: For acute and long-term use in the management of signs and symptoms of the following: Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid arthritis For the management of acute pain

Launch Date

1997
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
15.9 μg/mL
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: FASTED
17.8 μg/mL
200 mg 2 times / day multiple, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: FASTED
14.5 μg/mL
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
14.2 mg/L
400 mg single, oral
dose: 400 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC, (R)- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
3 mg/L
400 mg single, oral
dose: 400 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC, (S)- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
65.8 μg × h/mL
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: FASTED
81 μg × h/mL
200 mg 2 times / day multiple, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: FASTED
84 μg × h/mL
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
90.4 mg × h/L
400 mg single, oral
dose: 400 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC, (R)- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
7.53 mg × h/L
400 mg single, oral
dose: 400 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC, (S)- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
6 h
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: FASTED
6.5 h
200 mg 2 times / day multiple, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: FASTED
6.1 h
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
7.68 h
400 mg single, oral
dose: 400 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC, (R)- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
4.89 h
400 mg single, oral
dose: 400 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ETODOLAC, (S)- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
1200 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, 55.2 (31-64)
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 55.2 (31-64)
Sex: M+F
Sources:
Disc. AE: Abdominal pain, Diarrhea...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Abdominal pain (2%)
Diarrhea (2%)
Flatulence (1%)
Sources:
1200 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, 55.2 (31-64)
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 55.2 (31-64)
Sex: M+F
Sources:
Disc. AE: Insomnia...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Insomnia (<1%)
Sources:
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Flatulence 1%
Disc. AE
1200 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, 55.2 (31-64)
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 55.2 (31-64)
Sex: M+F
Sources:
Abdominal pain 2%
Disc. AE
1200 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, 55.2 (31-64)
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 55.2 (31-64)
Sex: M+F
Sources:
Diarrhea 2%
Disc. AE
1200 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, 55.2 (31-64)
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 55.2 (31-64)
Sex: M+F
Sources:
Insomnia <1%
Disc. AE
1200 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1200 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, 55.2 (31-64)
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 55.2 (31-64)
Sex: M+F
Sources:
OverviewDrug as perpetrator​Drug as victim

Drug as victim

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
major
major
minor
minor
minor
minor
no
no
weak
weak
weak
weak
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Systems pharmacological analysis of drugs inducing stevens-johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.
2015-05-18
Assessing the cardiovascular risk between celecoxib and nonselective nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
2014
Blurred vision and weakness in a 60-year-old woman.
2010-05
Sacroiliitis and severe disability due to isotretinoin therapy.
2010-05
Dextran-etodolac conjugates: synthesis, in vitro and in vivo evaluation.
2009-09-02
In vitro inhibition of CYP1A2 by model inhibitors, anti-inflammatory analgesics and female sex steroids: predictability of in vivo interactions.
2008-08
Spectrophotometric determination of etodolac in pure form and pharmaceutical formulations.
2008-04-14
One center's experience: the serology and drugs associated with drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia--a new paradigm.
2007-04
Safety of selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and a basic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) in Japanese patients with NSAID-induced urticaria and/or angioedema: Comparison of meloxicam, etodolac and tiaramide.
2007-03
Membranous nephropathy associated with the relatively selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, etodolac, in a patient with early rheumatoid arthritis.
2007
Involvement of cyclooxygenase-2 in allergic nasal inflammation in rats.
2006-11
Ocular adverse effects associated with cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors.
2006-02
Etodolac, a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, inhibits liver metastasis of colorectal cancer cells via the suppression of MMP-9 activity.
2006-02
Etodolac induces apoptosis and inhibits cell adhesion to bone marrow stromal cells in human myeloma cells.
2006-02
Combination of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and oxaliplatin increases the growth inhibition and death in human colon cancer cells.
2005-09-01
Etodolac inhibits EBER expression and induces Bcl-2-regulated apoptosis in Burkitt's lymphoma cells.
2005-09
The R-enantiomer of the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug etodolac binds retinoid X receptor and induces tumor-selective apoptosis.
2005-02-15
Carboxyl nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are efficiently glucuronidated by microsomes of the human gastrointestinal tract.
2004-11-18
Determination of expression of cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 isozymes in canine tissues and their differential sensitivity to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
2004-06
Search of antimicrobial activity of selected non-antibiotic drugs.
2003-04-03
Selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors show a differential ability to inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis of colon adenocarcinoma cells.
2002-11-06
Cyclooxygenase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 selectivity of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: investigation using human peripheral monocytes.
2001-12
Sulindac and a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, etodolac, increase APC mRNA in the colon of rats treated with azoxymethane.
2000-12
Immune hemolytic anemia caused by sensitivity to a metabolite of etodolac, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
2000-06
The effect of NSAIDs and a COX-2 specific inhibitor on Helicobacter pylori-induced PGE2 and HGF in human gastric fibroblasts.
2000-04
Reactive oxygen species are involved in the apoptosis induced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in cultured gastric cells.
1999-11-03
Biochemical and pharmacological profile of a tetrasubstituted furanone as a highly selective COX-2 inhibitor.
1997-05
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug induced hypersensitivity vasculitis clinically mimicking temporal arteritis.
1996-01
Fulminant hepatic failure associated with etodolac use.
1995-04
Anti-inflammatory effects of etodolac: comparison with other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
1994-12
Efficacy and tolerability of etodolac in aged patients affected by degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis) in its active phase.
1994
[Allergic vasculitis caused by etodolac. The first case].
1989
Patents

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Usual Adult Dose for Osteoarthritis or Rheumatoid Arthritis Capsules or tablets: 300 mg orally 2 to 3 times a day or 400 mg orally twice a day or 500 mg orally twice a day. Total daily dose should not exceed 1200 mg.
Route of Administration: Oral
Etodolac significantly reduced cell viability of FMS-1 cells in a dosedependent manner (0.125 mM - 1 mM)
Name Type Language
PYRANO(3,4-B)INDOLE-1-ACETIC ACID, 1,8-DIETHYL-1,3,4,9-TETRAHYDRO-, MONOSODIUM SALT
Preferred Name English
ETODOLAC SODIUM
Common Name English
SODIUM ETODOLATE
Common Name English
PYRANO(3,4-B)INDOLE-1-ACETIC ACID, 1,8-DIETHYL-1,3,4,9-TETRAHYDRO-, SODIUM SALT (1:1)
Systematic Name English
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