Flumedroxone acetate

Flumedroxone acetate
Clinical data
Trade namesDemigran, Leomigran
Other namesWG-537; 6α-(Trifluoromethyl)-17α-acetoxyprogesterone; 6α-(Trifluoromethyl)-17α-acetoxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione
Routes of
administration
By mouth[1]
Drug classProgestogen; Progestin; Progestogen ester
ATC code
Identifiers
  • [(6S,8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17R)-17-acetyl-10,13-dimethyl-3-oxo-6-(trifluoromethyl)-2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl] acetate
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ECHA InfoCard100.012.343 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC24H31F3O4
Molar mass440.503 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CC(=O)[C@]1(CC[C@@H]2[C@@]1(CC[C@H]3[C@H]2C[C@@H](C4=CC(=O)CC[C@]34C)C(F)(F)F)C)OC(=O)C
  • InChI=1S/C24H31F3O4/c1-13(28)23(31-14(2)29)10-7-18-16-12-20(24(25,26)27)19-11-15(30)5-8-21(19,3)17(16)6-9-22(18,23)4/h11,16-18,20H,5-10,12H2,1-4H3/t16-,17+,18+,20+,21-,22+,23+/m1/s1
  • Key:MXZYUFNILISKBC-WXLIAARGSA-N

Flumedroxone acetate, sold under the brand names Demigran and Leomigran, is a progestin medication which is or has been used as an antimigraine agent.[2][3][4] It is taken by mouth.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Heyck1981 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Elks J (14 November 2014). The Dictionary of Drugs: Chemical Data: Chemical Data, Structures and Bibliographies. Springer. pp. 560–. ISBN 978-1-4757-2085-3.
  3. ^ Bégué JP, Bonnet-Delpon D (2 June 2008). "Drugs for Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders". Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry of Fluorine. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 329–. ISBN 978-0-470-28187-1.
  4. ^ Hudgson P, Foster JB, Newell DJ (April 1967). "Controlled trial of demigran in the prophylaxis of migraine". British Medical Journal. 2 (5544): 91–93. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5544.91. PMC 1841258. PMID 6020856.