Proheptazine

Proheptazine
Systematic (IUPAC) name
1,3-dimethyl-4-phenylazepan-4-yl propionate
Clinical data
  • Schedule I (US)
Identifiers
77-14-5
None
PubChem CID 60969
ChemSpider 54931 Yes
UNII S23189WW7E Yes
Chemical data
Formula C17H25NO2
275.39 g/mol
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Proheptazine is an opioid analgesic from the phenazepine family. It was invented in the 1960s.[1]

Proheptazine produces similar effects to other opioids, including analgesia, sedation, euphoria, dizziness and nausea.

In the United States it is a Schedule I Narcotic controlled substance with an ACSCN of 9643 and a 2013 annual aggregrate manufacturing quota of zero.

References

  1. Diamond J, Bruce WF, Tyson FT. Synthesis and Properties of the Analgesic DL-α-1,3-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxyazacycloheptane (Proheptazine). Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 1964 Jan;7:57-60.