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fosphenytoin

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Also known as ACC-9653-010, Cerebyx®, CI-982, Fosphenytoine, Fosphenytoinum, (3-Phosphoryloxymethyl)phenytoin, Fosfenitoina

Fosphenytoin, also known as fosphenytoin sodium, and sold under the brand name Cerebyx among others, is a water-soluble phenytoin prodrug that is administered intravenously to deliver phenytoin, potentially more safely than intravenous phenytoin. It is used in the acute treatment of convulsive status epilepticus.

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Mass
362.067
Has use
medication
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significant drug interaction
tacrolimus
chemical formula
C₁₆H₁₅N₂O₆P
legal status (medicine)
boxed warning
medical condition treated
epilepsy
canonical SMILES
C1=CC=C(C=C1)C2(C(=O)N(C(=O)N2)COP(=O)(O)O)C3=CC=CC=C3
defined daily dose
0.45
subject has role
anticonvulsant agent
Commons category
Fosphenytoin
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Fosphenytoin, also known as fosphenytoin sodium, and sold under the brand name Cerebyx among others, is a water-soluble phenytoin prodrug that is administered intravenously to deliver phenytoin, potentially more safely than intravenous phenytoin. It is used in the acute treatment of convulsive status epilepticus.

Fosphenytoin was developed in 1996.

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