Benztropine, with the chemical formula 3alpha-diphenylmethoxytropane, is a tropane-based dopamine inhibitor used for the symptomatic treatment of Parkinson's disease. It is a combination molecule between a tropane ring, similar to cocaine, and a diphenyl ether from the dialkylpiperazines determined to be a dopamine uptake inhibitor since 1970. The generation of structure-activity relationships proved that benztropine derivatives with the presence of a chlorine substituent in the para position in one of the phenyl rings produces an increased potency for dopamine uptake inhibition as well as a decreased inhibition of serotonin and norepinephrine. Benztropine was developed by USL Pharma and officially approved by the FDA on 1996.
用于治疗帕金森病。也用于药物引起的锥体外系疾患,口服1小时起效,肌肉或静脉注射数分钟内起效,作用持续24小时。具有抗胆碱及抗组胺作用,并有轻度局部麻醉作用。
Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
The University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States
VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, San Diego, California, United States
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
SHANTI Clinical Trials, Colton, California, United States
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles, California, United States
Nih/Niaid, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Maryland Digestive Disease Research, Laurel, Maryland, United States
Capital Gastroenterology Consultants, P.A., Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Maryland, Dental School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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