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Cloniprazepam is a
Cloniprazepam is a benzodiazepine
Benzodiazepines (BZD, BDZ, BZs), sometimes called "benzos", are a class of depressant drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring. They are prescribed to treat conditions such as anxiety disorders, ...
derivative and a prodrug
A prodrug is a medication or compound that, after intake, is metabolized (i.e., converted within the body) into a pharmacologically active drug. Instead of administering a drug directly, a corresponding prodrug can be used to improve how the drug ...
of clonazepam
Clonazepam, sold under the brand names Klonopin and Rivotril, is a medication used to prevent and treat seizures, panic disorder, anxiety disorders, and the movement disorder known as akathisia. It is a tranquilizer of the benzodiazepine clas ...
, 7-aminoclonazepam, and other metabolites
In biochemistry, a metabolite is an intermediate or end product of metabolism.
The term is usually used for small molecules. Metabolites have various functions, including fuel, structure, signaling, stimulatory and inhibitory effects on enzymes, c ...
.
Some of the minor metabolites include 3-hydroxyclonazepam and 6-hydroxyclonazepam, 3-hydroxycloniprazepam and ketocloniprazepam with ketone group
In organic chemistry, a ketone is a functional group with the structure R–C(=O)–R', where R and R' can be a variety of carbon-containing substituents. Ketones contain a carbonyl group –C(=O)– (which contains a carbon-oxygen double bon ...
formed where 3-hydroxy group was.
It is a designer drug
A designer drug is a structural or functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug, while avoiding classification as illegal and/or detection in standard drug tests. Des ...
and an NPS (short for "new psychoactive substance"). At the end of 2017, cloniprazepam was an uncontrolled substance in most of the countries.
See also
* Flutoprazepam *Ro05-4082
Ro05-4082 (N-methylclonazepam, ID-690) is a benzodiazepine derivative developed in the 1970s. It has sedative and hypnotic properties, and has around the same potency as clonazepam itself. It was never introduced into clinical use. It is a struct ...
* List of designer drugs
Designer drugs are structural or functional analogues of controlled substances that are designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the parent drug while avoiding detection or classification as illegal. Many of the older designer drugs (resea ...
* List of benzodiazepines
The below tables contain a sample list of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine analogs that are commonly prescribed, with their basic pharmacological characteristics, such as half-life and equivalent doses to other benzodiazepines, also listed, al ...
* List of benzodiazepine designer drugs
The below tables contain a sample list of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine analogs that are commonly prescribed, with their basic pharmacological characteristics, such as half-life and equivalent doses to other benzodiazepines, also listed, al ...
References
External links
* https://www.unodc.org/LSS/Substance/Details/d115de07-ab8f-4454-a8f7-3ea15f4a0748 * https://web.archive.org/web/20160623204002/http://nsddb.eu/substance/590/ Anticonvulsants Anxiolytics Nitrobenzodiazepines Designer drugs GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators Prodrugs Chlorobenzenes Cyclopropanes {{sedative-stub