pholedrine
Sign in to savePholedrine, also known as '4-hydroxy-N-methylamphetamine and sold under the brand names Paredrinol, Pulsotyl, and Veritol' among others, is a sympathomimetic drug used in topical eye drops to dilate the pupil. It can be used to diagnose Horner's syndrome.
Research
151 papers- Pholedrine is a marker of direct disposal of methamphetamine.The Science of the total environment · 2021
- Teratogenic potential of pholedrine: a sympathomimetic vasoconstrictive drug - a population-based case-control study.Congenital anomalies · 2010
- Pholedrine: a substitute for hydroxyamphetamine as a diagnostic eyedrop test in Horner's syndrome.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 1995
- [Pholedrine for determining the site of Horner syndrome].Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde · 1994
- Interaction of the indirectly acting topical sympathomimetics cocaine and pholedrine.German journal of ophthalmology · 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 165.115
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- canonical SMILES
- CC(CC1=CC=C(C=C1)O)NC
- chemical formula
- C₁₀H₁₅NO
- subject has role
- stimulant
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Pholedrine, also known as '4-hydroxy-N-methylamphetamine and sold under the brand names Paredrinol, Pulsotyl, and Veritol' among others, is a sympathomimetic drug used in topical eye drops to dilate the pupil. It can be used to diagnose Horner's syndrome.
In 2004, it remained marketed only in Germany.
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