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loxapine

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Also known as Adasuve®, CL-62362, CL-71563, Loxapac®, Loxitane®, SUM-3170, Loxapina, Cloxazepine

Loxapine, sold under the brand names Loxitane and Adasuve (inhalation only) among others, is a tricyclic antipsychotic medication used primarily in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It is a member of the dibenzoxazepine class and structurally very similar to clozapine. Several researchers have argued that loxapine, initially classified as a typical antipsychotic, behaves as an atypical antipsychotic.

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Within Vinony's link graph, loxapine is referenced by 2,713 other articles, and connects out to propranolol, fluphenazine and zuclopenthixol.

Vinony files it under 4-Methylpiperazin-1-yl compounds, Alpha-1 blockers and Alpha-2 blockers.

Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

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LER583670J
Drug.KEGG
D02340
Drug.ChEBI
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Drug.ChEMBL
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Loxapine ball-and-stick model from xtal 1977.png
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Drug.tradename
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Drug.MedlinePlus
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Drug.DailyMedID
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Loxapine

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Chemical data

Formula
C18H18ClN3O
Molecular weight
327.8 g/mol
IUPAC name
8-chloro-6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)benzo[b][1,4]benzoxazepine
SMILES
CN1CCN(CC1)C2=NC3=CC=CC=C3OC4=C2C=C(C=C4)Cl
InChIKey
XJGVXQDUIWGIRW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
3.1
Polar surface area
28.1 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
3
Formal charge
0

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Research

892 papers

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Wikidata facts

Mass
327.114
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chemical formula
C₁₈H₁₈ClN₃O
Commons category
Loxapine
canonical SMILES
CN1CCN(CC1)C2=NC3=CC=CC=C3OC4=C2C=C(C=C4)Cl
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Medical uses
  • Available forms
  • Side effects
  • Pharmacology
  • Mechanism of action
  • Use as an inhaled agitation medication
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Chemistry
  • References
  • External links

Loxapine, sold under the brand names Loxitane and Adasuve (inhalation only) among others, is a tricyclic antipsychotic medication used primarily in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It is a member of the dibenzoxazepine class and structurally very similar to clozapine. Several researchers have argued that loxapine, initially classified as a typical antipsychotic, behaves as an atypical antipsychotic.

Loxapine may be metabolized by N-demethylation to amoxapine, a tricyclic antidepressant.

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

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