Profadol

Profadol
Systematic (IUPAC) name
3-(1-methyl-3-propyl-pyrrolidin-3-yl)phenol
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status Uncontrolled
Identifiers
CAS number 428-37-5
ATC code None
PubChem CID 9882
ChemSpider 9498
UNII 41GDG43FTT Y
Chemical data
Formula C14H21NO 
Mol. mass 219.32 g/mol

Profadol is an opioid analgesic which was developed in the 1960s by Parke-Davis[1]. It acts as a mixed agonist-antagonist of the μ-opioid receptor. The analgetic potency is about the same as of meperidine, the antagonistic effect is 1/50 of Nalorphine.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ DE Patent 1303096
  2. ^ Eberhard Schröder, Clemens Rufer, Ralph Schmiechen, Arzneimittelchemie I, Georg Thieme Verlag 1976 ISBN 3 13 520601 7