Doxefazepam

Doxefazepam
Clinical data
Routes of
administration		 Oral
ATC code N05CD12 (WHO)
Legal status
Legal status
Pharmacokinetic data
Metabolism Hepatic
Biological half-life 3-4 hours[1]
Excretion Renal
Identifiers
CAS Number 40762-15-0 N
PubChem (CID) 38668
ChemSpider 35431 YesY
UNII verifiedrevid = 457288969 231RV72C8L verifiedrevid = 457288969 N
KEGG D07327 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL64677 YesY
Chemical and physical data
Formula C17H14ClFN2O3
Molar mass 348.8
3D model (Jmol) Interactive image
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Doxefazepam (marketed under brand name Doxans) is a benzodiazepine derivative drug developed by Schiapparelli in the 1970s.[2] It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. It is used therapeutically as a hypnotic.[3] According to Babbini and colleagues in 1975, this derivative of flurazepam was between 2 and 4 times more potent than the latter while at the same time being half as toxic in laboratory animals.[4] Section 5.5 of the article Doxefazepam in volume 66 of the World Health Organization's (WHO) and International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) IARC Monographs On The Evaluation Of Carcinogenic Risks To Humans, an article describing the carcinogenic/toxic effects of doxefazepam on humans and experimental animals, states that there is "inadequate evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of doxefazepam" and limited evidence in experimental for the carcinogenicity of doxefazepam," and concluded that the overall evaluation of the substance's carcinogenicity to humans is "not classifiable."[5]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.intox.org/databank/documents/pharm/doxefzpm/iarc796.htm
  2. ↑ DE Patent 2338058 - BENZODIAZEPINVERBINDUNGEN FUER DIE THERAPIE
  3. ↑ Rodriguez, G; Rosadini, G; Sannita, WG; Strumia, E (1984). "Effects of doxefazepam on normal sleep. An EEG and neuropsychological study". Neuropsychobiology. 11 (2): 133–9. doi:10.1159/000118066. PMID 6483162.
  4. ↑ Babbini M, Torrielli MV, Strumia E, Gaiardi M, Bartoletti M, De Marchi F (August 1975). "Sedative-hypnotic properties of a new benzodiazepine in comparison with flurazepam. Pharmacological and clinical findings". Arzneimittel-Forschung. 25 (8): 1294–1300. PMID 241364.
  5. ↑ "Doxefazepam" (PDF). IARC Monographs On The Evaluation Of Carcinogenic Risks To Humans. International Agency For Research On Cancer (IARC). 66: 97–104. 13–20 Feb 1996. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
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