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Stereochemistry MIXED
Molecular Formula C14H22ClNO.ClH
Molecular Weight 292.245
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of CLOBUTINOL HYDROCHLORIDE

SMILES

Cl.CC(CN(C)C)C(C)(O)CC1=CC=C(Cl)C=C1

InChI

InChIKey=ZMROYCGIWPNZNJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C14H22ClNO.ClH/c1-11(10-16(3)4)14(2,17)9-12-5-7-13(15)8-6-12;/h5-8,11,17H,9-10H2,1-4H3;1H

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C14H22ClNO
Molecular Weight 255.784
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry MIXED
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Molecular Formula ClH
Molecular Weight 36.461
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Description
Curator's Comment: Description was created based on several sources, including http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB09004 and https://www.bfarm.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Arzneimittel/Pharmakovigilanz/Risikoinformationen/RisikoBewVerf/a-f/Clobutinol/expert_statement.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3

Clobutinol is a cough suppressant that is withdrawn from the US and EU markets. Clobutinol was used for the short-term treatment of irritable, non-productive cough (a ‘dry' cough where the patient does not cough up any phlegm or mucus). Medicines containing clobutinol have been available since 1961 and were authorised in a number of Member States. Clobutinol-containing medicines were available in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Finland and France. They include tablets, oral solutions, syrups and solutions for injection, and were available over-the-counter in many Member States. Clobutinol was available as generic and branded medicines, most of which were marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim under the trade name Silomat. Studies in 2004 had indicated that clobutinol has the potential to prolong the QT interval. In 2007, Clobutinol was determined to cause cardiac arrhythmia in some patients.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
1.9 µM [IC50]
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Palliative
Silomat

Approved Use

Indications: for those diseases that are characterized by coughing rebel, especially if associated with respiratory failure. Cough in patients with obstructive bronchitis in adults and children. Pictures Paroxysmal spasmodic cough in children. Chronic bronchitis, emphysema and pneumoconiosis that is accompanied by coughing.

Launch Date

1961
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
240 mg 3 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 240 mg, 3 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 240 mg, 3 times / day
Sources:
healthy, ADULT
Health Status: healthy
Age Group: ADULT
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Sources:
Disc. AE: QT prolonged...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
QT prolonged
Sources:
4 mg/mL 3 times / day multiple, oral
Studied dose
Dose: 4 mg/mL, 3 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg/mL, 3 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, ADULT
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: ADULT
Sex: M+F
Food Status: FASTED
Sources:
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
QT prolonged Disc. AE
240 mg 3 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 240 mg, 3 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 240 mg, 3 times / day
Sources:
healthy, ADULT
Health Status: healthy
Age Group: ADULT
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Sources:
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Keeping the rhythm: hERG and beyond in cardiovascular safety pharmacology.
2010-05
Clobutinol delays ventricular repolarization in the guinea pig heart: comparison with cardiac effects of HERG K+ channel inhibitor E-4031.
2009-12
Unclear loss of consciousness after clobutinol intake.
2009-08-10
N-of-1 double-blind, randomized controlled trial of tramadol to treat chronic cough.
2009-05
[Two cases of suspected Munchausen by proxy syndrome: the importance of forensic toxicological analyses in handling suspicions and producing evidence].
2009-02-17
Effects of common antitussive drugs on the hERG potassium channel current.
2008-12
Clobutinol: severe cardiac arrhythmias. Old drugs should also be monitored.
2008-06
New validated liquid chromatographic and chemometrics-assisted UV spectroscopic methods for the determination of two multicomponent cough mixtures in syrup.
2008-04-02
[Risks of non-prescription medication. Clobutinol cough syrup as a recent example].
2008-01
Allergy evaluation after emergency treatment: anaphylaxis to the over-the-counter medication clobutinol.
2007-03
Flow injection potentiometric determination of clobutinol hydrochloride.
2006-04-15
A common antitussive drug, clobutinol, precipitates the long QT syndrome 2.
2004-11
[Comparative study of two antitussive drugs in the treatment of acute dry cough of infectious origin (prospective, randomized, single blind study)].
2003-03-04
Bioterrorism and how to cope with it.
2002-09-05
Important drugs for cough in advanced cancer.
2001-11
Patents

Sample Use Guides

Oral use. .Adults only: -Usual dose: 1 - 2 tablets/dose, to be repeated after 8 hs if needed. -Maximum daily dose: do not exceed 6 tablets per day (ie, 240 mg). -Treatment duration: symptomatic treatment should be short (a few days) and limited to coughing crisis.
Route of Administration: Oral
In Vitro Use Guide
In isolated guinea pig ventricular tissues, clobutinol (3 uM) prolonged the action potential duration without affecting maximum upstroke velocity, but no further prolongation was observed after application of 30 uM clobutinol.
Substance Class Chemical
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Name Type Language
CLOBUTINOL HYDROCHLORIDE
JAN   MART.   MI   WHO-DD  
Common Name English
KAT 256
Preferred Name English
CLOBUTINOL HYDROCHLORIDE [MI]
Common Name English
KAT-256
Code English
P-CHLORO-ALPHA-(2-DIMETHYLAMINO-1-METHYLETHYL)-ALPHA-METHYLPHENETHYL ALCOHOL HYDROCHLORIDE
Common Name English
Clobutinol hydrochloride [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
SILOMAT
Common Name English
CLOBUTINOL HCL
Common Name English
CLOBUTINOL HYDROCHLORIDE [MART.]
Common Name English
CLOBUTINOL HYDROCHLORIDE [JAN]
Common Name English
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FDA UNII
N2U6799DZQ
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID7047807
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
214-931-7
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SMS_ID
100000088510
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DRUG BANK
DBSALT002452
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MERCK INDEX
m3630
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SUB01348MIG
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PUBCHEM
92876
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CAS
1215-83-4
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CHEMBL1474889
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235956
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