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mazindol

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Also known as Mazanor®, Sanorex®, Mazindolo, Mazindolum

Mazindol, sold under the brand names Mazanor and Sanorex, is an appetite suppressant which is used in the short-term treatment of obesity. It is also used off-label in the treatment of narcolepsy and cataplexy. The drug is taken orally.

Key facts

Drug.Watchedfields
changed
Drug.verifiedrevid
462100725
Drug.image
Mazindol.svg
Drug.image_class
skin-invert-image
Drug.width
175px
Drug.tradename
Mazanor, Sanorex
Drug.routes_of_administration
Oral
Drug.class
Serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor (SNDRI); Appetite stimulant; Wakefulness-promoting agent; Stimulant
Drug.ATC_prefix
A08
Drug.ATC_suffix
AA05
Drug.legal_AU
S4
Drug.legal_BR
B2
Drug.legal_CA
Schedule IV
Drug.legal_US
Schedule IV
Drug.legal_DE
Anlage II
Drug.bioavailability
93%
Drug.metabolism
Hepatic
Drug.elimination_half life
10–13 hours

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Chemical data

Formula
C16H13ClN2O
Molecular weight
284.74 g/mol
IUPAC name
5-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-b]isoindol-5-ol
SMILES
C1CN2C(=N1)C3=CC=CC=C3C2(C4=CC=C(C=C4)Cl)O
InChIKey
ZPXSCAKFGYXMGA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
2.2
Polar surface area
35.8 Ų
H-bond donors
1
H-bond acceptors
2
Formal charge
0

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Drug data · ChEMBL

Max clinical phase
Approved
Molecule type
Small molecule
First approval
1973
Admin. routes
oral
Indications
obesity, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, cocaine dependence, narcolepsy-cataplexy syndrome

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Research

939 papers

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Wikidata facts

Mass
284.072
Has use
medication
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chemical formula
C₁₆H₁₃ClN₂O
medical condition treated
obesity
canonical SMILES
C1CN2C(=N1)C3=CC=CC=C3C2(C4=CC=C(C=C4)Cl)O
Commons category
Mazindol
defined daily dose
1
subject has role
stimulant
MCN code
2933.91.51
physically interacts with
solute carrier family 6 member 3
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Medical uses
  • Overdose
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Chemistry
  • Tautomers
  • Synthesis
  • Related compounds
  • Research
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • References

Mazindol, sold under the brand names Mazanor and Sanorex, is an appetite suppressant which is used in the short-term treatment of obesity. It is also used off-label in the treatment of narcolepsy and cataplexy. The drug is taken orally.

Mazindol was developed by Sandoz-Wander in the 1960s. The US Food and Drug Administration approved mazindol in June 1973, but Novartis, the manufacturer, discontinued it in 1999 for reasons unrelated to its efficacy or safety.

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

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