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Status:
US Approved Rx (1986)
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Potassium is needed to maintain good health. When potassium level falls below 3.5 mmol/L, Hypokalemia is diagnosed. In case of extremely low level of potassium (lower than 2.5 mmol/L) the following symptoms are appeared: malaise and fatigue. This low...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1962

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Methaqualone is a depressant that modulates the activity of the GABA receptors in the brain and nervous system. It promotes relaxation, sleepiness and sometimes a feeling of euphoria. It causes a drop in blood pressure and slows the pulse rate. These...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1940

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Conditions:

VINBARBITAL, a barbiturate derivative, is a hypnotic drug. Also, it was used for analgesia and anesthesia in obstetrics.
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First marketed in 1933

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Conditions:

Hexobarbital or hexobarbitone, (sold both in acid and sodium salt, brand name Evipan, and Tobinal), is a barbiturate derivative having hypnotic and sedative effects. It was used in the 1940s and 1950s as an agent for inducing anesthesia for surgery, ...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First marketed in 1929

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Secobarbital sodium, a barbiturate, is FDA approved for the treatment of insomnia and for pre-anesthetic use. This drug binds at a distinct site associated with a Cl- ionopore at the GABAA receptor, increasing the duration of time for which the Cl- i...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)

Proxibarbal is a non-sedative barbiturate with a specific anti-serotonin and anti-histamine effect, due to enzyme induction of serotoninase and histaminase. Its lack of unpleasant side-effects. Proxibarbal exists in ring-chain tautomeric equilibrium ...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Oxypertine (Equipertine, Forit, Integrin, Lanturil, Lotawin, Opertil) is a neuroleptic drug and was originally introduced as a treatment for schizophrenia in the 1960s. Oxypertine is an indole derivative with general properties similar to those of th...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Remoxipride is a substituted benzamide. It is a weak, but relatively selective, central dopamine D2-receptor antagonist and appears to have preferential affinity for extrastriatal dopamine D2-receptors. It also has marked affinity for central sigma ...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

CHLORAL HYDRATE ANTIPYRINE is a 1:1 mixture of antipyrine with chloral hydrate. It was used as a hypnotic drug known as HYPNAL in the late 19th century.

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