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Sulforidazine



Sulforidazine
Systematic (IUPAC) name
10-{2-[(RS)-1-Methylpiperidin-2-yl]ethyl}-2-methylsulfonylphenothiazine
Identifiers
CAS number	14759-06-9
ATC code	?
PubChem	31765
Chemical data
Formula	C₂₁H₂₆N₂O₂S₂
Mol. mass	402.575 g/mol
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability	?
Metabolism	?
Half life	?
Excretion	?
Therapeutic considerations
Pregnancy cat.	?
Legal status
Routes	?

Sulforidazine (brand names: Imagotan, Psychoson, Inofal) a typical antipsychotic and a metabolite of thioridazine; it and mesoridazine are more potent than the parent compound, whose pharmacological effects are believed by some to be largely due to its metabolism into sulforidazine and mesoridazine.^[1]

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References

^ Niedzwiecki DM, Mailman RB, Cubeddu LX (Mar 1984). "Greater potency of mesoridazine and sulforidazine compared with the parent compound, thioridazine, on striatal dopamine autoreceptors". Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 228 (3): 636-9. PMID 6707914.

PubChem Substance Summary: Sulforidazine National Center for Biotechnology Information.

v • d • e Psycholeptics: antipsychotics (N05A)
Phenothiazine typical antipsychotics	Chlorpromazine • Fluphenazine • Mesoridazine • Perphenazine • Prochlorperazine • Promazine • Thioridazine/Sulforidazine • Trifluoperazine
Other typical antipsychotics	Indoles (Molindone) • Butyrophenones (Azaperone, Benperidol, Droperidol, Haloperidol, Trifluperidol) • Thioxanthenes (Flupentixol, Chlorprothixene, Thiothixene, Zuclopenthixol) • diphenylbutylpiperidines (Fluspirilene, Penfluridol, Pimozide) • other (Loxapine)
Atypical antipsychotics	Butyrophenones (Melperone) • Indoles (Sertindole, Ziprasidone) • Benzamides (Sulpiride, Remoxipride, Amisulpride) • diazepines/oxazepines/thiazepines (Clozapine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine) • other (Aripiprazole, Risperidone, Paliperidone, Asenapine, Iloperidone, Zotepine)