Cas No.: | 58-46-8 |
SMILES: | O=C1CC(N2CC1CC(C)C)C3=C(CC2)C=C(OC)C(OC)=C3 |
Formula: | C19H27NO3 |
M.Wt: | 317.42 |
Purity: | >98% |
Sotrage: | 2 years -20°C Powder, 2 weeks 4°C in DMSO, 6 months -80°C in DMSO |
Description: | Tetrabenazine is a VMAT-inhibitor used for treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorder.Target: Otherstetrabenazine (TBZ), a monoamine-depleting and a dopamine-receptor-blocking drug. TBZ is an effective and safe drug for the treatment of a variety of hyperkinetic movement disorders. In contrast to typical neuroleptics, TBZ has not been demonstrated to cause tardive dyskinesia [1, 2]. Twenty patients with tardive dyskinesia (mean duration = 43.7 months) were videotaped before and after tetrabenazine treatment. One patient did not tolerate tetrabenazine owing to sedation. The remaining 19 were rated after a mean of 20.3 weeks at a mean tetrabenazine dose of 57.9 mg/day. There were significant improvements in mean scores on both the patient AIMS self-rating and the AIMS motor subset evaluated by the blind videotape raters. All 19 patients continued to take tetrabenazine after the study [3]. |
References: | [1]. Jankovic, J. and J. Beach, Long-term effects of tetrabenazine in hyperkinetic movement disorders. Neurology, 1997. 48(2): p. 358-62. [2]. Kenney, C., C. Hunter, and J. Jankovic, Long-term tolerability of tetrabenazine in the treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorders. Mov Disord, 2007. 22(2): p. 193-7. [3]. Ondo, W.G., P.A. Hanna, and J. Jankovic, Tetrabenazine treatment for tardive dyskinesia: assessment by randomized videotape protocol. Am J Psychiatry, 1999. 156(8): p. 1279-81. |