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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C6H9NO3
Molecular Weight 143.1406
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of TRIMETHADIONE

SMILES

CN1C(=O)OC(C)(C)C1=O

InChI

InChIKey=IRYJRGCIQBGHIV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C6H9NO3/c1-6(2)4(8)7(3)5(9)10-6/h1-3H3

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C6H9NO3
Molecular Weight 143.1406
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Trimethadione (brand name is TRIDIONE) is an oxazolidinedione compound that was developed as an antiepileptic agent for control of petit mal seizures that are refractory to treatment with other drugs. Tridione does not modify the maximal seizure pattern in patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy and has a sedative effect that may increase to the point of ataxia when excessive doses are used. Trimethadione acts as a voltage-activated T-type Ca2+ channel blocker. Trimethadione is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. It is demethylated by liver microsomes to the active metabolite, dimethadione. Approximately 3% of a daily dose of tridione is recovered in the urine as the unchanged drug. The majority of trimethadione is excreted slowly by the kidney in the form of dimethadione.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
TRIDIONE

Approved Use

INDICATIONS TRIDIONE (trimethadione) is indicated for the control of petit mal seizures that are refractory to treatment with other drugs.

Launch Date

-7.5530882E11
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
6 μg/mL
4 mg/kg single, oral
dose: 4 mg/kg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
TRIMETHADIONE serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
148 μg × h/mL
4 mg/kg single, oral
dose: 4 mg/kg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
TRIMETHADIONE serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
14.2 h
4 mg/kg single, oral
dose: 4 mg/kg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
TRIMETHADIONE serum
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
150 mg 4 times / day multiple, oral
Dose: 150 mg, 4 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 150 mg, 4 times / day
Co-administed with::
phenobarbital(15 mg. four times daily.)
Sources:
unhealthy, 16 years
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: petit mal seizures
Age Group: 16 years
Sex: M
Population Size: 1
Sources:
Disc. AE: Hepatitis...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Hepatitis (1 patient)
Sources:
0.3 g 3 times / day multiple, oral (starting)
Dose: 0.3 g, 3 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 0.3 g, 3 times / day
Co-administed with::
phénobarbital(4 grains (0.25 Gm.) daily)
Sources:
unhealthy, 23 years
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: petit mal seizures
Age Group: 23 years
Sex: F
Population Size: 1
Sources:
Disc. AE: Aplastic anemia...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Aplastic anemia (grade 5, 1 patient)
Sources:
0.3 g 3 times / day multiple, oral (starting)
Dose: 0.3 g, 3 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 0.3 g, 3 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, 23 years
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: petit mal seizures
Age Group: 23 years
Sex: F
Population Size: 1
Sources:
Disc. AE: Agranulocytosis, Thrombocytopenia...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Agranulocytosis (grade 5, 1 patient)
Thrombocytopenia (grade 5, 1 patient)
Sources:
24 g 1 times / day multiple, oral
Studied dose
Dose: 24 g, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 24 g, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: tetanus
Sex: M
Population Size: 1
Sources:
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Hepatitis 1 patient
Disc. AE
150 mg 4 times / day multiple, oral
Dose: 150 mg, 4 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 150 mg, 4 times / day
Co-administed with::
phenobarbital(15 mg. four times daily.)
Sources:
unhealthy, 16 years
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: petit mal seizures
Age Group: 16 years
Sex: M
Population Size: 1
Sources:
Aplastic anemia grade 5, 1 patient
Disc. AE
0.3 g 3 times / day multiple, oral (starting)
Dose: 0.3 g, 3 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 0.3 g, 3 times / day
Co-administed with::
phénobarbital(4 grains (0.25 Gm.) daily)
Sources:
unhealthy, 23 years
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: petit mal seizures
Age Group: 23 years
Sex: F
Population Size: 1
Sources:
Agranulocytosis grade 5, 1 patient
Disc. AE
0.3 g 3 times / day multiple, oral (starting)
Dose: 0.3 g, 3 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 0.3 g, 3 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, 23 years
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: petit mal seizures
Age Group: 23 years
Sex: F
Population Size: 1
Sources:
Thrombocytopenia grade 5, 1 patient
Disc. AE
0.3 g 3 times / day multiple, oral (starting)
Dose: 0.3 g, 3 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 0.3 g, 3 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, 23 years
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: petit mal seizures
Age Group: 23 years
Sex: F
Population Size: 1
Sources:
Overview

Overview

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Drug as perpetrator​

Drug as perpetrator​

Drug as victimTox targets

Tox targets

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
Sourcing

Sourcing

Vendor/AggregatorIDURL
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Successful therapy of trimethadione nephrosis with prednisone and cyclophosphamide. Report of a case.
1967 Aug
Nephrotic syndrome caused by probenecid.
1967 Jan 2
Pharmacologic interactions of albutoin with other anticonvulsant drugs.
1970 Aug
Possible teratogenicity of trimethadione and paramethadione.
1970 Aug 1
Myasthenia gravis syndrome associated with trimethadione.
1970 Jun 29
Trimethadione (Tridione)-induced nephrotic syndrome. A report of a case with unique ultrastructural renal pathology.
1973 Feb
Fetal anomalies following maternal trimethadione ingestion.
1973 May
The fetal trimethadione syndrome.
1975 Aug
Di-n-propylacetic acid--profile of anticonvulsant activity in mice.
1976 Feb
Measurement of anticonvulsant activity in the Papio papio model of epilepsy.
1976 Sep
[Quantitative analysis of conditional-optimal doses of succilep and trimetin in the treatment of children and adolescents with minor forms of epilepsy].
1977
Anti-convulsant effect of phthalazino-2,3b-phthalazine-5(14H),12(7h)-dione (L-5418). I. Behavioral effect.
1978 Feb
Phenotypic malformations in association with maternal trimethadione therapy.
1978 Feb
Troxidone (trimethadione) embryopathy: case report with reveiw of the literature.
1979
Anticonvulsants specific for petit mal antagonize epileptogenic effect of leucine enkephalin.
1980 Nov 28
Comparison of the actions of trimethadione and chlordiazepoxide in animal models of anxiety and benzodiazepine receptor binding.
1982 Nov
Fetal anticonvulsant syndrome in rats: dose- and period-response relationships of prenatal diphenylhydantoin, trimethadione and phenobarbital exposure on the structural and functional development of the offspring.
1983 Nov
A model of chronic spontaneous petit mal-like seizures in the rat: comparison with pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures.
1984 Jun
Antiepileptic drug evaluation in a new animal model: spontaneous petit mal epilepsy in the rat.
1985
Fetal anticonvulsant syndrome in rats: effects on postnatal behavior and brain amino acid content.
1985 Sep-Oct
Only certain antiepileptic drugs prevent seizures induced by pilocarpine.
1987 Jul
Anticonvulsive and convulsive effects of lidocaine: comparison with those of phenytoin, and implications for mechanism of action concepts.
1988 Sep
Effects of antiepileptic drugs on absence-like and tonic seizures in the spontaneously epileptic rat, a double mutant rat.
1988 Sep-Oct
Effects of the oxazolidinedione anticonvulsants trimethadione and dimethadione and the barbiturate homolog 5,5-dimethylbarbituric acid on N-nitrosodiethylamine-initiated renal and hepatic carcinogenesis in the F344/NCr rat.
1992
Dissolution of pancreatic stones by oral trimethadione in patients with chronic calcific pancreatitis.
1994 Sep-Oct
Anticonvulsants for soman-induced seizure activity.
1999 Mar-Apr
[Fetal trimethadione syndrome].
2001
Pharmacological characterization of the 6 Hz psychomotor seizure model of partial epilepsy.
2001 Dec
The clinical importance of the trimethadione tolerance test as a method for quantitative assessment of hepatic functional reserve in patients with biliary atresia.
2001 Dec
Determination of trimetazidine HCl by adsorptive stripping square-wave voltammetry at a glassy carbon electrode.
2002 Jan 1
Embryonic arrhythmia by inhibition of HERG channels: a common hypoxia-related teratogenic mechanism for antiepileptic drugs?
2002 May
Involvement of cytochrome P450 2C9, 2E1 and 3A4 in trimethadione N-demethylation in human microsomes.
2003 Dec
The history of barbiturates a century after their clinical introduction.
2005 Dec
Adulteration of South African traditional herbal remedies.
2005 Feb
The ethics of excluding women who become pregnant while participating in clinical trials of anti-epileptic medications.
2006 Dec
Education and imaging. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: oral therapy for pancreatic duct stones.
2006 Sep
Classification and diagnosis of ear malformations.
2007
Treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: overview and recent findings.
2008 Dec
Etiology of congenital dislocation of the hip : Carl E. Badgley MD (1893-1973). The 11th president of the AAOS 1942.
2008 Jan
Effect of optical flow versus attentional strategy on gait in Parkinson's Disease: a study with a portable optical stimulating device.
2008 Jan 18
Valproic acid extends Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan.
2008 Jun
The anticonvulsant ethosuximide disrupts sensory function to extend C. elegans lifespan.
2008 Oct
Neuroprotective effects of blockers for T-type calcium channels.
2009 Oct 28
Lamotrigine extends lifespan but compromises health span in Drosophila melanogaster.
2010 Feb
Allyl isothiocyanate that induces GST and UGT expression confers oxidative stress resistance on C. elegans, as demonstrated by nematode biosensor.
2010 Feb 17
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos as a model for testing proteratogens.
2011 Mar 15
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

Usual Adult Dosage: 0.9-2.4 grams daily in 3 or 4 equally divided doses (i.e., 300−600 mg 3 or 4 times daily). Initially, give 0.9 gram daily; increase this dose by 300 mg at weekly intervals until therapeutic results are seen or until toxic symptoms appear. Children's Dosage: Usually 0.3-0.9 gram daily in 3 or 4 equally divided doses.
Route of Administration: Oral
In Vitro Use Guide
Unknown
Substance Class Chemical
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Record UNII
R7GV3H6FQ4
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Name Type Language
TRIMETHADIONE
INN  
Official Name English
EPIDIONE
Common Name English
TRIMETHADIONE [WHO-IP]
Common Name English
TRIMETHADIONE [EP MONOGRAPH]
Common Name English
NSC-15799
Code English
TRIMETHADIONE [MI]
Common Name English
ABSENTOL
Common Name English
J2.519D
Code English
A 2297
Code English
TRIMETHADIONE [USP-RS]
Common Name English
TRIMETHADIONE [ORANGE BOOK]
Common Name English
TRIMETHADIONUM [WHO-IP LATIN]
Common Name English
TRIDONE
Common Name English
3,5,5-Trimethyl-2,4-oxazolidinedione
Systematic Name English
NSC-169503
Code English
TROXIDONE
Common Name English
trimethadione [INN]
Common Name English
Trimethadione [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
TRIMETHADIONE [VANDF]
Common Name English
TRIDIONE
Brand Name English
TRIMETHADIONE [JAN]
Common Name English
MINOALEVIATIN
Common Name English
2,4-OXAZOLIDINEDIONE, 3,5,5-TRIMETHYL-
Systematic Name English
TRIMETHADIONE [MART.]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
NDF-RT N0000008486
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WHO-ATC N03AC02
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NDF-RT N0000175753
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WHO-VATC QN03AC02
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NCI_THESAURUS C264
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Code System Code Type Description
DRUG CENTRAL
2751
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IUPHAR
7316
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SMS_ID
100000076924
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MESH
D014293
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PUBCHEM
5576
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WHO INTERNATIONAL PHARMACOPEIA
TRIMETHADIONE
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PRIMARY Description: Colourless, granular crystals; odour, slightly camphoraceous. Solubility: Soluble in water; freely soluble in ethanol (~750 g/l) TS and ether R. Category: Anticonvulsant. Storage: Trimethadione should be kept in a well-closed container. Definition: Trimethadione contains not less than 98.0% and not more than 101.0% of C6H9NO3, calculated with reference to the dried substance.
INN
1714
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EVMPD
SUB11307MIG
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CAS
127-48-0
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NSC
169503
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NSC
15799
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID9021396
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WIKIPEDIA
Trimethadione
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FDA UNII
R7GV3H6FQ4
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RXCUI
10827
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PRIMARY RxNorm
ECHA (EC/EINECS)
204-845-8
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MERCK INDEX
m11145
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PRIMARY Merck Index
DRUG BANK
DB00347
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NCI_THESAURUS
C47772
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL695
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Dimethadione has anticonvulsant activity and has been used clinically in the treatment of petit mal epilepsy.
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