Chlormezanone (marketed under the brandname Trancopal or Fenaprim) is a drug used as an anxiolytic and a muscle relaxant.[1]
Its use was discontinued in many countries in 1996 due to rare but serious cases of toxic epidermal necrolysis.[2]
Synthesis
References
- ^ Turner P, Volan G, Wiseman H (1997). Drugs Handbook. UK: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-349-13937-8.
- ^ Lerch M, Mainetti C, Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli B, Harr T (February 2018). "Current Perspectives on Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis". Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology. 54 (1): 147–176. doi:10.1007/s12016-017-8654-z. PMID 29188475. S2CID 46796285.
- ^ US 3082209, Surrey AR, "4-metathiazanone derivatives and their preparation", issued 1958, assigned to Sterling Drug Inc.
- ^ Surrey AR, Webb WG, Gesler RM (1958). "Central Nervous System Depressants. The Preparation of Some 2-Aryl-4-metathiazanones". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80 (13): 3469–3471. doi:10.1021/ja01546a065.
Further reading
- Wollina U, Hipler UC, Seeling A, Oelschlager H (2005). "Investigations of interactions of chlormezanone racemate and its enantiomers on human keratinocytes and human leucoytes in vitro". Skin Pharmacology and Physiology. 18 (3): 132–138. doi:10.1159/000084910. PMID 15897685. S2CID 36642315.
- Seeling A, Oelschläger H, Rothley D (April 2000). "[Important pharmaceutical-chemical characteristics of the central muscle relaxant chlormezanone]". Die Pharmazie. 55 (4): 293–296. PMID 10798243.
- Oelschläger H, Klinger W, Rothley D, Seeling A, Bockhard H, Hofmann B, et al. (September 1998). "[Cleavage and biotransformation of the central muscle relaxant chlormezanone]". Die Pharmazie. 53 (9): 620–624. PMID 9770210.
- Gautier V, Vinçon G, Demotes-Mainard F, Albin H (1990). "[Pharmacokinetics of chlormezanone in healthy volunteers]". Therapie. 45 (4): 315–319. PMID 2399514.