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DES Brand names, DES Analogs

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DES Chemical_Formula

C18H22N2

DES RX_link

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/desipram.htm

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DES msds (material safety sheet)

DES MSDS

DES Synthesis Reference

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DES Molecular Weight

266.381 g/mol

DES Melting Point

214-218 oC

DES H2O Solubility

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DES State

Solid

DES LogP

3.87

DES Dosage Forms

Tablet

DES Indication

For relief of symptoms in various depressive syndromes, especially endogenous depression.

DES Pharmacology

Desipramine, a tertiary amine tricyclic antidepressant, is structurally related to both the skeletal muscle relaxant cyclobenzaprine and the thioxanthene antipsychotics such as thiothixene. Desipramine is used to treat depression, pain of neuropathic origin, attention_deficit hyperactivity disorder, functional enuresis in children, panic and phobic disorder, and to manage some eating disorders. Desipramine inhibits the re-uptake of noradrenaline at the noradrenergic nerve endings and the re-uptake of serotonin (5-hydroxy tryptamine) at the serotoninergic nerve endings in the central nervous system. These two effects are considered to be the likely base of the antidepressant effect of Desipramine. The drug also has a strong anticholinergic effect and serves as an antagonist on a1 and H1 receptors.

DES Absorption

Desipramine hydrochloride is rapidly and almost completely absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. 90.5% (range 73-92%) of desipramine binds to plasma proteins.

DES side effects and Toxicity

Male mice: LD50 = 290 mg/kg, female rats: LD50 = 320 mg/kg

DES Patient Information

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DES Organisms Affected

Humans and other mammals