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Status:
US Approved Rx (1989)
First approved in 1959

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



A centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant whose mechanism of action is not completely understood but may be related to its sedative actions. Carisoprodol is indicated for the relief of discomfort associated with acute, painful musculoskeletal condi...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1951

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Lindane is an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane that has been used both as an agricultural insecticide and as a pharmaceutical. As a shampoo, lindane is used for treamtment lice infestation. Lindane lotion is used for treatment of scabies. Due to toxic...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Etizolam is an analogue of benzodiazepine that contains thienotriazolodiazepine group. The drug was developed and approved in Japan and now is used in Japan, Italy and India for the treatment of anxiety disorders. Etizolam exerts its action through a...