MEMANTINE

Details

Stereochemistry	ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula	C12H21N
Molecular Weight	179.3023
Optical Activity	UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters	0 / 2
E/Z Centers	0
Charge	0

SHOW SMILES / InChI

Structure Search

SMILES

CC12CC3CC(C)(C1)CC(C3)(C2)N

InChI

InChIKey=BUGYDGFZZOZRHP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI=1S/C12H21N/c1-10-3-9-4-11(2,6-10)8-12(13,5-9)7-10/h9H,3-8,13H2,1-2H3

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula	C12H21N
Molecular Weight	179.3023
Charge	0
Count

Stereochemistry	MIXED
Additional Stereochemistry	No
Defined Stereocenters	0 / 2
E/Z Centers	0
Optical Activity	UNSPECIFIED

Description
Sources: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/021487s010s012s014,021627s008lbl.pdf
Curator's Comment:: description was created based on several sources, including https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9120573

NAMENDA (marketed under the brands Namenda among others) is an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. Persistent activation of central nervous system N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors by the excitatory amino acid glutamate has been hypothesized to contribute to the symptomatology of Alzheimer’s disease. Memantine is postulated to exert its therapeutic effect through its action as a low to moderate affinity uncompetitive (open-channel) NMDA receptor antagonist which binds preferentially to the NMDA receptor-operated cation channels. There is no evidence that memantine prevents or slows neurodegeneration in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Memantine showed low to negligible affinity for GABA, benzodiazepine, dopamine, adrenergic, histamine and glycine receptors and for voltage-dependent Ca2+, Na+ or K+ channels. Memantine also showed antagonistic effects at the 5HT3 receptor with a potency similar to that for the NMDA receptor and blocked nicotinic acetylcholine receptors with one-sixth to one-tenth the potency. In vitro studies have shown that memantine does not affect the reversible inhibition of acetylcholinesterase by donepezil, galantamine, or tacrine.

CNS Activity

Originator

Approval Year

Targets

Primary Target	Pharmacology	Condition	Potency
Glutamate [NMDA] receptor 122 Target ID: CHEMBL2094124 Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9120573	Antagonist 2575

Conditions

Condition	Modality	Targets	Highest Phase	Product
Moderate to severe dementia of the Alzheimer’s type 2 Sources: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/021487s010s012s014,021627s008lbl.pdf	Primary		Approved 8043	NAMENDA Approved Use Namenda (memantine hydrochloride) is indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Launch Date 1.0662624E12

C_max

Value	Dose	Analyte	Population
25.34 ng/mL EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498913	20 mg single, oral dose: 20 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered:	MEMANTINE plasma	Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: FASTED
19.69 ng/mL EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498913	5 mg 14 times / 2 weeks multiple, oral dose: 5 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: MULTIPLE co-administered:	MEMANTINE plasma	Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: FASTED
6.2 ng/mL EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498913	5 mg single, oral dose: 5 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered:	MEMANTINE plasma	Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: FASTED

AUC

Value	Dose	Analyte	Population
1853 ng × h/mL EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498913	20 mg single, oral dose: 20 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered:	MEMANTINE plasma	Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: FASTED
386.37 ng × h/mL EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498913	5 mg 14 times / 2 weeks multiple, oral dose: 5 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: MULTIPLE co-administered:	MEMANTINE plasma	Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: FASTED
540 ng × h/mL EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498913	5 mg single, oral dose: 5 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered:	MEMANTINE plasma	Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: FASTED

T_1/2

Value	Dose	Analyte	Population
62 h EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498913	20 mg single, oral dose: 20 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered:	MEMANTINE plasma	Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: FASTED
64.57 h EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498913	5 mg 14 times / 2 weeks multiple, oral dose: 5 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: MULTIPLE co-administered:	MEMANTINE plasma	Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: FASTED
66.86 h EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498913	5 mg single, oral dose: 5 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered:	MEMANTINE plasma	Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: FASTED

Doses

Dose	Population	Adverse events
400 mg single, oral Highest studied dose Dose: 400 mg Route: oral Route: single Dose: 400 mg Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf	unhealthy, adult n = 1 Health Status: unhealthy Age Group: adult Population Size: 1 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf	Other AEs: Restlessness, Psychosis... Other AEs: Restlessness (1 patient) Psychosis (1 patient) Visual hallucinations (1 patient) Somnolence (1 patient) Stupor (1 patient) Loss of consciousness (1 patient) Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf

AEs

AE	Significance	Dose	Population
Loss of consciousness	1 patient	400 mg single, oral Highest studied dose Dose: 400 mg Route: oral Route: single Dose: 400 mg Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf	unhealthy, adult n = 1 Health Status: unhealthy Age Group: adult Population Size: 1 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf
Psychosis	1 patient	400 mg single, oral Highest studied dose Dose: 400 mg Route: oral Route: single Dose: 400 mg Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf	unhealthy, adult n = 1 Health Status: unhealthy Age Group: adult Population Size: 1 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf
Restlessness	1 patient	400 mg single, oral Highest studied dose Dose: 400 mg Route: oral Route: single Dose: 400 mg Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf	unhealthy, adult n = 1 Health Status: unhealthy Age Group: adult Population Size: 1 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf
Somnolence	1 patient	400 mg single, oral Highest studied dose Dose: 400 mg Route: oral Route: single Dose: 400 mg Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf	unhealthy, adult n = 1 Health Status: unhealthy Age Group: adult Population Size: 1 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf
Stupor	1 patient	400 mg single, oral Highest studied dose Dose: 400 mg Route: oral Route: single Dose: 400 mg Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf	unhealthy, adult n = 1 Health Status: unhealthy Age Group: adult Population Size: 1 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf
Visual hallucinations	1 patient	400 mg single, oral Highest studied dose Dose: 400 mg Route: oral Route: single Dose: 400 mg Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf	unhealthy, adult n = 1 Health Status: unhealthy Age Group: adult Population Size: 1 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2003/021487lbl.pdf

Overview

CYP3A4	CYP2C9	CYP2D6	hERG
substrate 1601	substrate 936	substrate 1118	inhibitor 1475

OverviewOther

Other Inhibitor	Other Substrate	Other Inducer
CYP 98 OCT1 480 OCT2 594 OCT3 140	CYP1A2 972 CYP2E1 606 CYP2B6 616 CYP2A6 485 CYP2C19 910 P-gp 1400 OCT2 316

Drug as perpetrator

Target	Modality	Activity
CYP 132	inhibitor 3045 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-487_Namenda_Bioeqr_P1.pdf#page=12 Page: 12.0	no
OCT3 140	inhibitor 3045 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16581093/	yes [Ki 236 uM]
OCT1 495	inhibitor 3045 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16581093/	yes [Ki 3.7 uM]
OCT2 595	inhibitor 3045 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16581093/	yes [Ki 7.3 uM]

Drug as victim

Target	Modality	Activity
CYP1A2 972	substrate 3113 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-487_Namenda_Bioeqr_P1.pdf#page=37 Page: 37.0	no
CYP2A6 485	substrate 3113 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-487_Namenda_Bioeqr_P1.pdf#page=37 Page: 37.0	no
CYP2B6 616	substrate 3113 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-487_Namenda_Bioeqr_P1.pdf#page=37 Page: 37.0	no
CYP2C19 910	substrate 3113 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-487_Namenda_Bioeqr_P1.pdf#page=37 Page: 37.0	no
CYP2C9 936	substrate 3113 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-487_Namenda_Bioeqr_P1.pdf#page=37 Page: 37.0	no
CYP2D6 1118	substrate 3113 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-487_Namenda_Bioeqr_P1.pdf#page=37 Page: 37.0	no
CYP2E1 606	substrate 3113 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-487_Namenda_Bioeqr_P1.pdf#page=37 Page: 37.0	no
CYP3A4 1601	substrate 3113 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-487_Namenda_Bioeqr_P1.pdf#page=37 Page: 37.0	no
P-gp 1400	substrate 3113 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-487_Namenda_Bioeqr_P1.pdf#page=37 Page: 37.0	no
OCT2 316	substrate 3113 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9687576/	yes

Tox targets

Target	Modality	Activity	Metabolite	Clinical evidence
hERG 1507	inhibitor 1489 Sources: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-487_Namenda_Pharmr_P1.pdf#page=16 Page: 16.0

Sourcing

Vendor/Aggregator	ID	URL
ChEBI	CHEBI:64312	https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:64312
ChemicalBook	CB7436657	https://www.chemicalbook.com/ChemicalProductProperty_EN_CB7436657
MolPort	MolPort-002-041-858	https://www.molport.com/shop/molecule-link/MolPort-002-041-858
eMolecules	902095	https://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/more?vid=902095

PubMed

Title	Date	PubMed
Pharmacotoxic psychosis after memantine in Parkinson's disease.	1991 Oct 19	1681331
gp120 of HIV-1 induces apoptosis in rat cortical cell cultures: prevention by memantine.	1992 Jul 1	1426020
Low affinity channel blocking (uncompetitive) NMDA receptor antagonists as therapeutic agents--toward an understanding of their favorable tolerability.	2000	11026482
Uncompetitive antagonists of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors alter the mRNA expression of proteins associated with the NMDA receptor complex.	2001 Feb	11169168
NMDA antagonists inhibit the development of ethanol dependence in rats.	2001 Jan-Feb	11785910
The neuropharmacological basis for the use of memantine in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.	2003 Fall	14530799
The ability of new non-competitive glutamate receptor blockers to weaken motor disorders in animals.	2003 Mar	12762595
Mechanisms intrinsic to 5-HT2B receptor-induced potentiation of NMDA receptor responses in frog motoneurones.	2004 Oct	15339859
Exacerbation of Lewy bodies dementia due to memantine.	2005 Dec	16340086
Development of subtle psychotic symptoms with memantine: a case report.	2005 May	15889961
Memantine: a review of its use in Alzheimer's disease.	2006	16906789
Exacerbation of myoclonus by memantine in a patient with Alzheimer disease.	2007 Aug	17632233
Visual hallucinations and agitation in Alzheimer's disease due to memantine: report of three cases.	2007 May	17030587
Effects of memantine on neuronal structure and conditioned fear in the Tg2576 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.	2008 Dec	18418360
Memantine prevents the cognitive impairment induced by 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine in rats.	2008 Jul 28	18582864
Does memantine induce bradycardia? A study in the French PharmacoVigilance Database.	2008 Sep	18500725
Memanti-nium chloride 0.1-hydrate.	2009 Aug 19	21577595
Memantine dosing in patients with dementia.	2009 Feb	19155749
Role of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in polychlorinated biphenyl mediated neurotoxicity.	2009 Jan 10	19022367
Memantine is a useful drug to prevent the spatial and non-spatial memory deficits induced by methamphetamine in rats.	2010 Nov	20553881
Sensitive and rapid HPLC method for determination of memantine in human plasma using OPA derivatization and fluorescence detection: application to pharmacokinetic studies.	2010 Oct-Dec	21179320
Memantine prevents aluminum-induced cognitive deficit in rats.	2011 Nov 20	21741993

Patents

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide

Initial dose is 5 mg once daily. Increase dose in 5 mg increments to a maintenance dose of 10 mg twice daily. A minimum of 1 week of treatment with the previous dose should be observed before increasing the dose.

Route of Administration: Oral

In Vitro Use Guide

Neuronal SK-N-SH cells were treated with 10 uM memantine and was measured levels of secreted total A beta precursor protein APP (sAPP), APP alpha isoform and A beta((1-40)) in a time dependent manner for up to 24h. Memantine significantly decreased the levels of the secreted form of sAPP, sAPP alpha and A beta((1-40)) compared to vehicle treated cells.

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Name

Type

Language

MEMANTINE

Official Name

English

MEMANTINE [WHO-DD]

Common Name

English

3,5-DIMETHYL-1-ADAMANTANAMINE

Systematic Name

English

D-145

Code

English

MEMANTINE [VANDF]

Common Name

English

MEMANTINE [MI]

Common Name

English

TRICYCLO(3.3.1.1(SUP 3,7))DECAN-1-AMINE, 3,5-DIMETHYL-

Common Name

English

1-AMINO-3,5-DIMETHYLADAMANTANE

Systematic Name

English

NEMDATINE

Brand Name

English

NSC-757843

Code

English

MEMANTINE [INN]

Common Name

English

DRG-0267

Code

English

3,5-DIMETHYLTRICYCLO(3.3.1.1(SUP 3,7))DECAN-1-AMINE

Systematic Name

English

MEMANTINE [HSDB]

Common Name

English

Classification Tree Code System Code

NCI_THESAURUS

C1509