Fenbutrazate (

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), also known as phenbutrazate ( BAN), is a

psychostimulant Stimulants (also known as central nervous system stimulants, or psychostimulants, or colloquially as uppers) are a class of drugs that increase alertness. They are used for various purposes, such as enhancing attention, motivation, cognition ...

used as an

appetite suppressant An anorectic is a drug that reduces appetite, resulting in lower food consumption, leading to weight loss. These substances work by affecting the central nervous system or certain neurotransmitters to create a feeling of fullness or reduce the desi ...

under the trade names Cafilon, Filon, and Sabacid in

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, and

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. It is a

derivative In mathematics, the derivative is a fundamental tool that quantifies the sensitivity to change of a function's output with respect to its input. The derivative of a function of a single variable at a chosen input value, when it exists, is t ...

phenmetrazine Phenmetrazine, sold under the brand name Preludin among others, is a stimulant drug first chemical synthesis, synthesized in 1952 and originally used as an appetite suppressant, but withdrawn drug, withdrawn from the market in the 1980s due to ...

and may function as 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 ...

due to its similarity to

phendimetrazine Phendimetrazine, sold under the brand name Bontril among others, is a stimulant medication of the morpholine chemical class used as an appetite suppressant. Pharmacology Phendimetrazine functions as a prodrug of phenmetrazine; approxim ...

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{{Phenethylamines Anorectics Anti-obesity drugs Beta-Hydroxyamphetamines Carboxylate esters Norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agents Phenylmorpholines Stimulants

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