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Also known as Doxefazepamum

Doxefazepam (marketed under brand name Doxans) is a benzodiazepine medication. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. It is used therapeutically as a hypnotic. According to Babbini and colleagues in 1975, this derivative of flurazepam was between 2 and 4 times more potent than the latter while at the same time being half as toxic in laboratory animals.

Chemical data

Formula
C17H14ClFN2O3
Molecular weight
348.8 g/mol
IUPAC name
7-chloro-5-(2-fluorophenyl)-3-hydroxy-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one

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Drug data · ChEMBL

Max clinical phase
Phase 2
Molecule type
Small molecule

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Encyclopedic overview

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Doxefazepam (marketed under brand name Doxans) is a benzodiazepine medication. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. It is used therapeutically as a hypnotic. According to Babbini and colleagues in 1975, this derivative of flurazepam was between 2 and 4 times more potent than the latter while at the same time being half as toxic in laboratory animals.

It was patented in 1972 and came into medical use in 1984.

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