Antipsychotic medication
Loxapine Trade names Loxitane, Adasuve AHFS /Drugs.com Monograph MedlinePlus a682311 License data
Routes of administration By mouth , inhalation , intramuscular Drug class Antipsychotic ATC code Legal status
Protein binding 96.8%[ 3] Metabolism Extensive Liver ; active metabolites include amoxapine and 8-hydroxyloxapine. Inhibits P-gp and is a substrate of CYP1A2 , CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 [ 3] Elimination half-life 4 hours (oral); 7.61 hours (inhalation)[ 3] Excretion Majority are excreted within 24 hours, main route through urine (conjugated metabolites), small amounts through the feces (unconjugated metabolites)
8-chloro-6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)benzo[b][1,4]benzoxazepine
CAS Number PubChem CID IUPHAR/BPS DrugBank ChemSpider UNII KEGG ChEBI ChEMBL CompTox Dashboard (EPA ) ECHA InfoCard 100.016.215 Formula C 18 H 18 Cl N 3 O Molar mass 327.81 g·mol−1 3D model (JSmol ) Melting point 109 to 110 °C (228 to 230 °F)
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Bottle containing loxapine capsules, a mid-potency antipsychotic.
Loxapine , sold under the brand names Loxitane and Adasuve (inhalation only) among others, is a tricyclic [ 4] antipsychotic medication used primarily in the treatment of schizophrenia . The medicine is a member of the dibenzoxazepine class and structurally very similar to clozapine . Several researchers have argued that loxapine, initially classified as a typical antipsychotic , behaves as an atypical antipsychotic .[ 5]
Loxapine may be metabolized by N -demethylation to amoxapine , a tricyclic antidepressant .[ 6]
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