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Status:
US Approved Rx (2012)
First approved in 1998

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Armodafinil is the R-enantiomer of modafinil, a wake-promoting agent, that primarily affects areas of the brain involved in controlling wakefulness. Armodafinil is an indirect dopamine receptor agonist; both armodafinil and modafinil bind in vitro to...
Status:
US Approved OTC
First approved in 2003

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



A sulfide ion is composed of a lone sulfur atom. Its charge is negative two, giving sulfides this formula: S^2-. Sulfide is a strong base, so solutions of sulfide in water are basic, due to hydrolysis. One well-known ionic compound with a sulfide ion...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Chloralose (alpha-Chloralose, 1,2-O-(2,2,2-Trichloroethylidene)-α-D-glucofuranose) is an avicide, and a rodenticide commonly used for the control of mice and birds. Since its initial description in 1893, alpha-chloralose has undergone extensive pharm...
ATC-0175 is a potent antagonist with a high affinity for MCH1R and additional affinities for 5-HT1A and 5-HT2B receptors. The receptor binding and the functional assay (MCH-induced increase in [Ca2+]i) indicated that ATC0175 is a noncompetitive antag...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1954

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Conditions:

Talbutal is a short to intermediate-acting barbiturate, which had been used under brand name Latusate as a sedative and hypnotic, but then this usage was discontinued. It was found, that talbutal binds at a distinct binding site at the GABAA receptor...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Melperone is an antipsychotic drug which is used in Europe for the treatment of sleep disorders, agitation and confusion states. The exact mechanism of melperone action is unknown.
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

(+)-modafinil is an enantiomer of modafinil, a wake-promoting agent, that primarily affects areas of the brain involved in controlling wakefulness. (+)-enantiomer of modafinil was clarified to be S-configuration. The optical enantiomers of modafinil ...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Phenibut (beta-phenyl-gamma-aminobutyric acid or 4-amino-3-phenylbutyric acid) is a neuropsychotropic drug that was discovered and introduced into clinical practice in Russia in the 1960s. It has anxiolytic and nootropic (cognition enhancing) effects...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Gidazepam (also known as hydazepam or hidazepam) is an anxiolytic and atypical benzodiazepine derivative, developed in the Soviet Union and used to treat the nervous system diseases. Interacts with benzodiazepine receptors, increases the sensitivity...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Phenazepam belongs to the 1,4-benzodiazepines, the same family of medicines to which diazepam, oxazepam and temazepam belong. Phenazepam was first synthesized and developed in 1975 in the former Soviet Union where it became one of the most prescribed...