drotaverine
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Drotaverine (INN, also known as drotaverin) is an antispasmodic drug, used to enhance cervical dilation during childbirth and to relieve smooth muscle spasms in the gastrointestinal tract, urinary system, and gall bladder.
Research
209 papers- Drotaverine.2006
- Drotaverine-induced priapism.Indian journal of urology : IJU : journal of the Urological Society of India · 2021
- Drotaverine to shorten the duration of labour in primigravidas: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.African health sciences · 2022
- Drotaverine for Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Children.Indian pediatrics · 2015
- Drotaverine - a Concealed Cytostatic!Archiv der Pharmazie · 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 397.225308
- Has use
- medication
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- chemical formula
- C₂₄H₃₁NO₄
- World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
- drotaverine
- subject has role
- parasympatholytic
- canonical SMILES
- CCOC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C=C2C3=CC(=C(C=C3CCN2)OCC)OCC)OCC
- isomeric SMILES
- CCOC1=C(C=C(C=C1)/C=C\2/C3=CC(=C(C=C3CCN2)OCC)OCC)OCC
- Commons category
- Drotaverine
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Pharmacodynamics
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Drotaverine (INN, also known as drotaverin) is an antispasmodic drug, used to enhance cervical dilation during childbirth and to relieve smooth muscle spasms in the gastrointestinal tract, urinary system, and gall bladder.
It is structurally related to papaverine, is a phosphodiesterase inhibitor and has no anticholinergic effects.
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