Talk:Tegaserod

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Just caught the end of the new Zelnorm ad. It looks like it's approved for men now. Can anyone confirm that? --Spikey 04:05, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

I guess so, since I got perscribted it today, and I'm a man. Maximumlobster 23:00, 20 December 2005 (UTC)m

[edit] Wrong Molecule

The molecule in this Wikipedia article does not appear to be the same as the molecule in the PI (Zelnorm PI).

Actually, unless I'm missing something big here, most of the chemical information appears to be wrong. Also from the PI:
"Zelnorm® (tegaserod maleate) tablets contain tegaserod as the hydrogen maleate salt. As the maleate salt, tegaserod is chemically designated as 3-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-ylmethylene)-N- pentylcarbazimidamide hydrogen maleate. Its empirical formula is C16H23N5O•C4H4O4. The molecular weight is 417.47..." --216.139.146.106 20:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I modeled the molecule using the SMILES provided on the tegaserod PubChem entry. As for the rest of the information provided in the infobox, such as empirical formula and molecular weight, it refers to the active moiety only ("tegaserod" itself), not to the salt (maleate) form of tegaserod, as is standard on most drug pages. I do not feel it is necessary, but I will be happy to add information for both if you feel it is relevant (you could also do it yourself, of course). Fvasconcellos 21:40, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
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