Pivhydrazine (trade name Tersavid), also known as pivalylbenzhydrazine and pivazide, is an
irreversible and non-
selective monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) of the
hydrazine family. It was formerly used as an
antidepressant in the 1960s, but has since been discontinued.
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Hydrazine (antidepressant)
The hydrazine antidepressants are a group of non-selective, irreversible monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) which were discovered and initially marketed in the 1950s and 1960s. Most have been withdrawn due to toxicity, namely hepatotoxicity, ...
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Hydrazides
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors
Withdrawn drugs
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