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sodium oxybate
Sign in to saveAlso known as sodium oxybutyrate, oxybate sodium, sodium γ-hydroxybutyrate
chemical compound
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 645 inbound references to sodium oxybate, and connects out to 4-hydroxybutyric acid, valproic acid and picrotoxin.
It is catalogued under topics including Drugboxes which contain changes to verified fields, Drugs with non-standard legal status and ECHA InfoCard ID from Wikidata.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H7NaO3
- Molecular weight
- 126.09 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- sodium 4-hydroxybutanoate
- SMILES
- C(CC(=O)[O-])CO.[Na+]
- InChIKey
- XYGBKMMCQDZQOZ-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- Polar surface area
- 60.4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Approved
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- First approval
- 2002
- Admin. routes
- oral
- Indications
- eating disorder, fibromyalgia, essential tremor, pain
via ChEMBL · EBI
Research
2,317 papers- The sodium in sodium oxybate: is there cause for concern?Sleep medicine · 2020
- Sodium oxybate for cataplexy.The Annals of pharmacotherapy · 2006
- Sodium oxybate for narcolepsy.Expert review of neurotherapeutics · 2006
- Sodium Oxybate: Practical Considerations and Patient Perspectives.CNS drugs · 2025
- Sodium Oxybate Treatment in Pediatric Type 1 Narcolepsy.Current drug metabolism · 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 126.029
- Has use
- medication
Show 5 more facts
- medical condition treated
- hypersomnia
- canonical SMILES
- C(CC(=O)[O-])CO.[Na+]
- chemical formula
- C₄H₇NaO₃
- legal status (medicine)
- boxed warning
- significant drug interaction
- chlorpromazine
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Categories
Drugboxes which contain changes to verified fieldsDrugs with non-standard legal statusECHA InfoCard ID from WikidataGABAB receptor agonistsGamma-Hydroxybutyric acidGHB receptor agonistsHistone deacetylase inhibitorsNarcolepsyOrganic sodium saltsOrphan drugsTreatment of sleep disordersWakefulness-promoting agents