Fenozolone
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Fenozolone was developed by Laboratoires Dausse in the 1960s and is a psychoactive drug
and stimulant
related to pemoline
and 4-methylaminorex which acts as a norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent
(NDRA).
Psychoactive drug
A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that crosses the blood–brain barrier and acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it affects brain function, resulting in changes in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, and behavior...
and stimulant
Stimulant
Stimulants are psychoactive drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both. Examples of these kinds of effects may include enhanced alertness, wakefulness, and locomotion, among others...
related to pemoline
Pemoline
Pemoline was first synthesized in 1913 but it's activity was not discovered until the 1930s. Under the names it was used as a medication used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy. Under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, it is a Schedule IV drug...
and 4-methylaminorex which acts as a norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent
Releasing agent
A releasing agent , or simply releaser, is a drug that induces the release of a neurotransmitter from the presynaptic neuron into the synapse, leading to an increase in the extracellular concentrations of the neurotransmitter. Many drugs use neurotransmitter release to exert their psychological and...
(NDRA).
See also
- 4-Methylaminorex
- AminorexAminorexAminorex is an anorectic stimulant drug of the 2-amino-5-aryl oxazoline class developed by a team at McNeil in 1962. It is closely related to 4-methylaminorex. Aminorex has been shown to have locomotor stimulant effects, lying midway between dextroamphetamine and methamphetamine...
- ClominorexClominorexClominorex is a centrally acting sympathomimetic which is related to other drugs such as aminorex and pemoline. It was developed as an appetite suppressant by McNeil Laboratories in the 1950s.-See also:* 4-Methylaminorex* Aminorex* Cyclazodone...
- CyclazodoneCyclazodoneCyclazodone is a centrally acting stimulant drug developed by American Cyanamid Company in the 1960s. The drug is related to other drugs such as pemoline and 4-methylaminorex. It is a banned stimulant under the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list....
- FluminorexFluminorexFluminorex is a centrally acting sympathomimetic which is related to other drugs such as aminorex and pemoline. It was developed as an appetite suppressant by McNeil Laboratories in the 1950s.-See also:* 4-Methylaminorex* Aminorex* Clominorex...
- PemolinePemolinePemoline was first synthesized in 1913 but it's activity was not discovered until the 1930s. Under the names it was used as a medication used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy. Under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, it is a Schedule IV drug...
- ThozalinoneThozalinoneThozalinone is a psychostimulant that has been used as an antidepressant in Europe. It has also been trialed as an anorectic. Thozalinone likely acts via inducing the release of norepinephrine and dopamine as with its analogues pemoline and aminorex.- References :...