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Status:
US Approved Rx (2015)
First approved in 2015

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Flibanserin is the first drug to be approved for hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in premenopausal women by the FDA in August 2015. It was originally developed as an antidepressant medication by Boehringer Ingelheim, but showed lack of effica...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2007)
First approved in 2007

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Rotigotine is an agonist at all 5 dopamine receptor subtypes (D1-D5) but binds to the D3 receptor with the highest affinity. It is also an antagonist at α-2-adrenergic receptors and an agonist at the 5HT1A receptors. Rotigotine also inhibits dopamine...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2021)
First approved in 1997

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Pramipexole is a nonergot dopamine agonist with high relative in vitro specificity and full intrinsic activity at the D2 subfamily of dopamine receptors, binding with higher affinity to D3 than to D2 or D4 receptor subtypes. The relevance of D3 recep...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1987)
First approved in 1967

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Haloperidol is a phenyl-piperidinyl-butyrophenone that is used primarily to treat schizophrenia and other psychoses. It is also used in schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorders, ballism, and Tourette syndrome (a drug of choice) and occasionally...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1981)
First approved in 1959

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Trifluoperazine (Eskazinyl, Eskazine, Jatroneural, Modalina, Stelazine, Terfluzine, Trifluoperaz, Triftazin) is a typical antipsychotic of the phenothiazine chemical class used for the short-term treatment of certain types of anxiety. Trifluoperazine...
Status:
US Approved OTC
First marketed in 1901

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Epinephrine is a sympathomimetic catecholamine. It acts as a naturally occurring agonist at both alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors. Three pharmacologic types have been identified: alpha 1-, alpha 2-, and beta-adrenergic receptors. Each of these has...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Ensaculin is related to naturally occurring benzopyranones like scoparone. The compound is a potent functional antagonist of excitatory amino acid-induced convulsions and mortality. In receptor-binding studies, Ensaculin showed high affinity to dopam...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Quinpirole (LY 171,555) is a psychoactive drug and research chemical which acts as a selective D2 and D3 receptor agonist. Quinpirole is the most widely used D2 agonist in in vivo and in vitro studies. Specific quinpirole binding in rat brain was sa...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Eticlopride {2S(−)-3-chloro-5-ethyl-N-[(1-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl]-6-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzamide} is an antagonist at dopamine D2 and D3 receptors. It is widely used for in vivo, in vitro, and ex vivo examination of D2/D3 receptors densities and f...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Belaperidone (LU111995) is a recently identified antipsychotic agent with high 5-hydroxytryptamine2 and dopamine D4 receptor affinities as well as D4 versus D2 receptor selectivity. The drug did not produce catalepsy. LU111995 prolongs the Q-T interv...