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Cloniprazepam is a
Cloniprazepam is a benzodiazepine
Benzodiazepines (BZD, BDZ, BZs), colloquially known as "benzos", are a class of central nervous system (CNS) depressant, depressant drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring. They are prescribed t ...
derivative and a prodrug
A prodrug is a pharmacologically inactive medication or compound that, after intake, is metabolized (i.e., converted within the body) into a pharmacologically active drug. Instead of administering a drug directly, a corresponding prodrug can be ...
of clonazepam
Clonazepam, sold under the brand name Klonopin among others, is a benzodiazepine medication used to prevent and treat anxiety disorders, seizures, bipolar mania, agitation associated with psychosis, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), and ...
, 7-aminoclonazepam, and other metabolites
In biochemistry, a metabolite is an intermediate or end product of metabolism.
The term is usually used for small molecules. Metabolites have various functions, including fuel, structure, signaling, stimulatory and inhibitory effects on enzymes, c ...
.
Some of the minor metabolites include 3-hydroxyclonazepam and 6-hydroxyclonazepam, 3-hydroxycloniprazepam and ketocloniprazepam with ketone group
In organic chemistry, a ketone is an organic compound with the structure , where R and R' can be a variety of carbon-containing substituents. Ketones contain a carbonyl group (a carbon-oxygen double bond C=O). The simplest ketone is acetone ( ...
formed where 3-hydroxy group was.
It is a designer drug
A designer drug is a structural or functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug, while avoiding classification as illegal and/or detection in standard drug tests. ...
and an NPS (short for "new psychoactive substance"). At the end of 2017, cloniprazepam was an uncontrolled substance in most of the countries.
See also
*Flutoprazepam
Flutoprazepam (Restas) is a drug which is a benzodiazepine. It was patented in Japan by Sumitomo in 1972 and its medical use remains mostly confined to that country. Its muscle relaxant properties are approximately equivalent to those of diazepam ...
* Ro05-4082
* List of designer drugs
Designer drugs are structural or functional analogues of controlled substances that are designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the parent drug while avoiding detection or classification as illegal. Many of the older designer drugs (resea ...
* List of benzodiazepines
* List of benzodiazepine designer drugs
The tables below contain a sample list of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine Analog (chemistry), analogs that are commonly prescribed, with their basic pharmacological characteristics, such as half-life and equivalent doses to other benzodiazepine ...
References
External links
* https://www.unodc.org/LSS/Substance/Details/d115de07-ab8f-4454-a8f7-3ea15f4a0748 * https://web.archive.org/web/20160623204002/http://nsddb.eu/substance/590/ Anticonvulsants Anxiolytics Nitrobenzodiazepines Designer drugs GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators Prodrugs 2-Chlorophenyl compounds Cyclopropyl compounds {{sedative-stub