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R(−)-Fenfluramine hydrochloride

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C12H16F3N · HCl
CAS Number:
37577-24-5
Molecular Weight:
267.72
MDL number:
MFCD00069277
UNSPSC Code:
12352116
PubChem Substance ID:
24894749

drug control

USDEA Schedule IV

SMILES string

Cl.CCN[C@H](C)Cc1cccc(c1)C(F)(F)F

InChI

1S/C12H16F3N.ClH/c1-3-16-9(2)7-10-5-4-6-11(8-10)12(13,14)15;/h4-6,8-9,16H,3,7H2,1-2H3;1H/t9-;/m1./s1

InChI key

ZXKXJHAOUFHNAS-SBSPUUFOSA-N

Biochem/physiol Actions

Neurotoxic on prolonged administration or at high dosage; releases serotonin from axon terminals by a nonexocytotic mechanism; anorectic.
Less active enantiomer

Pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H301 + H311 + H331

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Recent studies in the clinical pharmacology of anorectic drugs.
Silverstone, et al.
Recent Adv. Obes. Res., 5, 285-285 (1986)
Re: Estimate of deaths due to valvular insufficiency attributable to the use of benfluorex in France.
Nicolas Deltour et al.
Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 21(6), 584-585 (2012-04-21)
Exposure to benfluorex: left heart valve disease very common.
Prescrire international, 22(140), 185-185 (2013-08-21)
Christophe Tribouilloy et al.
Circulation, 126(24), 2852-2858 (2012-11-13)
Benfluorex was withdrawn from European markets in June 2010 after reports of an association with heart valve lesions. The link between benfluorex and valve regurgitations was based on small observational studies and retrospective estimations. We therefore designed an echocardiography-based multicenter
Laurent Savale et al.
The European respiratory journal, 40(5), 1164-1172 (2012-04-24)
Benfluorex was marketed in France until 2009, despite its similar pharmacological properties with fenfluramine and its derivatives known to be a cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The aim of this study is to report clinical and haemodynamic characteristics for
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