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Also known as ZK-00036374, (5E)-5-[(3aS,4R,5R,6aS)-5-hydroxy-4-[(1E,3S)-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-1-octen-6-yn-1-yl]hexahydro-2(1H)-pentalenylidene]pentanoic acid, (RS)-iloprost

Iloprost, sold under the brand name Ventavis among others, is a medication used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), scleroderma, Raynaud's phenomenon, frostbite, and other conditions in which the blood vessels are constricted and blood cannot flow to the tissues. Iloprost is a prostacyclin mimetic.

Key facts

Drug.Verifiedfields
changed
Drug.Watchedfields
changed
Drug.verifiedrevid
443868674
Drug.image
Iloprost 2D structure.svg
Drug.image_class
skin-invert-image
Drug.width
250
Drug.image2
Iloprost.png
Drug.image_class2
bg-transparent
Drug.tradename
Ventavis, Ilomedine, Aurlumyn
Drug.MedlinePlus
a612032
Drug.DailyMedID
Iloprost
Drug.routes_of_administration
Inhalation, intravenous
Drug.ATC_prefix
B01
Drug.ATC_suffix
AC11
Drug.legal_US
Rx-only
Drug.legal_EU
Rx-only
Drug.legal_status
Rx-only
Drug.bioavailability
Not determined

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Medical uses
  • Pharmacology
  • Contraindications
  • Side effects
  • References
  • Further reading

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| bioavailability = Not determined | metabolism = Via β-oxidation to inactive tetranor-iloprost | elimination_half-life = 20–30 minutes | excretion = Kidney (68%) and fecal (12%) | protein_bound = 60%

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “iloprost” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.