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Anticholinergic
Anticholinergics (anticholinergic agents) are substances that block the action of the acetylcholine (ACh) neurotransmitter at synapses in the central nervous system, central and peripheral nervous system.
These agents inhibit the parasympatheti ...
agents
N04AA Tertiary amines
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Trihexyphenidyl
Trihexyphenidyl (THP, benzhexol, trihex, marketed as Artane and others) is an antispasmodic drug used to treat stiffness, tremors, spasms, and poor muscle control. It is an agent of the antimuscarinic class and is often used in management of P ...
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Biperiden
Biperiden, sold under the brand name Akineton among others, is a medication used to treat Parkinson disease, certain drug-induced movement disorders and Tourette Syndrome. It is not recommended for tardive dyskinesias. It is taken by mouth, in ...
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Metixene
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Procyclidine
Procyclidine is an anticholinergic medication, drug principally used for the treatment of drug-induced parkinsonism, akathisia and acute dystonia, Parkinson's disease, and idiopathic or secondary dystonia.
Medical uses
It is used in patients ...
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Profenamine
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Dexetimide
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Phenglutarimide
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Mazaticol
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Bornaprine
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Tropatepine
N04AB
Ether
In organic chemistry, ethers are a class of compounds that contain an ether group, a single oxygen atom bonded to two separate carbon atoms, each part of an organyl group (e.g., alkyl or aryl). They have the general formula , where R and R� ...
s chemically close to
antihistamine
Antihistamines are drugs which treat allergic rhinitis, common cold, influenza, and other allergies. Typically, people take antihistamines as an inexpensive, generic (not patented) drug that can be bought without a prescription and provides ...
s
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Etanautine
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Orphenadrine
Orphenadrine (sold under many brand names) is an anticholinergic drug of the ethanolamine antihistamine class; it is closely related to diphenhydramine. It is a muscle relaxant that is used to treat muscle pain and to help with motor control in ...
(chloride)
N04AC Ethers of
tropine
Tropine is a derivative of tropane containing a hydroxyl group at the third carbon. It is also called 3-tropanol. It is a poisonous white hygroscopic crystalline powder. It is a heterocyclic alcohol and an amine.
Tropine is a central building bl ...
or tropine derivatives
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Benzatropine
Benzatropine ( INN), known as benztropine in the United States and Japan, is a medication used to treat movement disorders like parkinsonism and dystonia, as well as extrapyramidal side effects of antipsychotics, including akathisia. It is n ...
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Etybenzatropine
Etybenzatropine (INN), also known as ethybenztropine (USAN, BAN) and tropethydrylin, is a synthetic anticholinergic and antihistamine drug previously marketed under the trade names Panolid, Ponalid, and Ponalide for the treatment of Parkinson's ...
N04B
Dopaminergic
Dopaminergic means "related to dopamine" (literally, "working on dopamine"), a common neurotransmitter. Dopaminergic substances or actions increase dopamine-related activity in the brain.
Dopaminergic pathways, Dopaminergic brain pathways facil ...
agents
N04BA Dopa and dopa derivatives
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Levodopa
Levodopa, also known as L-DOPA and sold under many brand names, is a dopaminergic medication which is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) and certain other conditions like dopamine-responsive dystonia and restless legs syndrome. ...
:N04BA02 Levodopa and
decarboxylase inhibitor
:N04BA03 Levodopa, decarboxylase inhibitor and
COMT inhibitor
A catechol-''O''-methyltransferase inhibitor (COMT inhibitor) is a drug that inhibits the enzyme catechol-O-methyl transferase, catechol-''O''-methyltransferase. This enzyme Methylation, methylates Catecholamine, catecholamines such as dopamine, ...
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Melevodopa
:N04BA05 Melevodopa and decarboxylase inhibitor
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Etilevodopa and decarboxylase inhibitor
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Foslevodopa and decarboxylase inhibitor
N04BB
Adamantane
Adamantane is an organic compound with formula C10H16 or, more descriptively, (CH)4(CH2)6. Adamantane molecules can be described as the fusion of three cyclohexane rings. The molecule is both rigid and virtually stress-free. Adamantane is the mo ...
derivatives
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Amantadine
Amantadine, sold under the brand name Gocovri among others, is a medication used to treat dyskinesia associated with parkinsonism and influenza caused by type A influenzavirus, though its use for the latter is no longer recommended because ...
N04BC
Dopamine agonists
A dopamine agonist is a compound that activates dopamine receptors. There are two families of dopamine receptors, D1-like and D2-like. They are all G protein-coupled receptors. D1- and D5-receptors belong to the D1-like family and the D2-like ...
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Bromocriptine
Bromocriptine, originally marketed as Parlodel and subsequently under many brand names, is an ergoline derivative and dopamine agonist that is used in the treatment of pituitary tumors, Parkinson's disease, hyperprolactinaemia, neuroleptic malig ...
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Pergolide
Pergolide, sold under the brand name Permax and Prascend (veterinary) among others, is an ergoline-based dopamine receptor agonist used in some countries for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is associated with reduced do ...
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Dihydroergocryptine mesylate
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Ropinirole
Ropinirole, sold under the brand name Requip among others, is a medication used to treat Parkinson's disease (PD) and restless legs syndrome (RLS). It is taken by mouth.
Common side effects include sleepiness, vomiting, and dizziness. Seriou ...
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Pramipexole
Pramipexole, sold under the brand Mirapex among others, is a medication used to treat Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome. In Parkinson's disease it may be used alone or together with levodopa. It is taken by mouth. Pramipexole is a ...
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Cabergoline
Cabergoline, sold under the brand name Dostinex among others, is a dopaminergic medication used in the treatment of high prolactin levels, prolactinomas, Parkinson's disease, and for other indications. It is taken by mouth.
Cabergoline is an ...
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Apomorphine
Apomorphine, sold under the brand name Apokyn among others, is a type of aporphine having activity as a non- selective dopamine agonist which activates both D2-like and, to a much lesser extent, D1-like receptors. It also acts as an antago ...
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Piribedil
Piribedil is an antiparkinsonian agent and piperazine derivative which acts as a D2 and D3 receptor agonist. It also has α2-adrenergic antagonist properties.
Medical uses
* Treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD), either as monotherapy (w ...
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Rotigotine
Rotigotine, sold under the brand name Neupro among others, is a dopamine agonist of the non- ergoline class of medications indicated for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome. It is formulated as a once-daily transderm ...
N04BD Monoamine oxidase B inhibitors
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Selegiline
Selegiline, also known as L-deprenyl and sold under the brand names Eldepryl, Zelapar, and Emsam among others, is a medication which is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and major depressive disorder. It has also been studied and us ...
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Rasagiline
Rasagiline, sold under the brand name Azilect among others, is a medication which is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. It is used as a monotherapy to treat symptoms in early Parkinson's disease or as an adjunct therapy in more advan ...
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Safinamide
Safinamide, sold under the brand name Xadago, is a medication used as treatment for Parkinson's disease with "off" episodes; it has multiple modes of action, including the inhibition of monoamine oxidase B. SeFDA index page for NDA 207145for ...
N04BX Other dopaminergic agents
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Tolcapone
Tolcapone, sold under the brand name Tasmar, is a medication used to treat Parkinson's disease (PD). It is a selective, potent and reversible nitrocatechol-type inhibitor of the enzyme catechol-''O''-methyltransferase (COMT). It has demonstra ...
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Entacapone
Entacapone, sold under the brand name Comtan among others, is a medication commonly used in combination with other medications for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Entacapone together with levodopa and carbidopa allows levodopa to have a lo ...
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Budipine
Budipine (brand name Parkinsan) is an antiparkinson agent marketed for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
While its exact mechanism of action is not well characterized, it is believed to be an NMDA receptor antagonist, but also promoting th ...
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Opicapone
Opicapone, sold under the brand name Ongentys, is a medication which is administered together with levodopa in people with Parkinson's disease. Opicapone is a Catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor, catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibito ...
N04C Other antiparkinson drugs
N04CX Other antiparkinson drugs
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Istradefylline
References
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