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Trazodone

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Definition: A serotonin uptake inhibitor that is used as an antidepressive agent. It has been shown to be effective in patients with major depressive disorders and other subsets of depressive disorders. It is generally more useful in depressive disorders associated with insomnia and anxiety. This drug does not aggravate psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p309)     
Pharmacological Action Anti-Anxiety Agents; Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation; Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors 		Other names ratio Trazodone; Trazodon neuraxpharm; PMS Trazodone; Nu Trazodone; Nu Pharm Brand of Trazodone Hydrochloride; Novo Trazodone; Gen Trazodone; Bristol Myers Squibb Brand of Trazodone Hydrochlor; Apo Trazodone; AF1161; AF 1161; ratio-Trazodone; neuraxpharm Brand of Trazodone Hydrochloride; Trittico; Trazon; Trazodone Hydrochloride; Trazodon-neuraxpharm; Trazodon Hexal; Thombran; Sidmark Brand of Trazodone HydrochlorideDrugs* : OLEPTRO; TRIALODINE; DESYREL; TRAZODONE HYDROCHLORIDE
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
trazolan  0   *Nitrazepam *Trazodone Drug Combinations. Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 1995 Jan-Jul;99(1-2):160-3
5-(1-oxoethyl)etoperidone  0   Trazodone/*analogs & derivatives. J Pharm Biomed Anal 1995 Feb;13(2):177-84
5-(1-hydroxyethyl)etoperidone  98159-91-2   Trazodone/*analogs & derivatives. J Chromatogr 1991;567(2):433
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrotrazodone  86227-20-5 1,2,4-Triazolo(4,3-a)pyridin-3(2H)-one, 2-(3-(4-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-piperazinyl)propyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro  Trazodone/*analogs & derivatives. Mol Pharmacol 1983;23(3):594
etoperidone  52942-31-1 2-(3-(4-(m-chlorophenyl)-1-piperazinyl)propyl)-4,5-diethyl-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4- triazolo-3-one.HCl  Trazodone/*analogs & derivatives. Arzneim Forsch 28(3):417;1978; Arzneim Forsch 29(2):294;1979; Current Therap Res 20(5):716;1976; G Clin Med 58(9-10):393;1977; J Neural Transm 1979;46(4):303; Pharmacol Res Commun 11(2):169;1979; Toxicol 10(2):151;1978; Toxicology 8:87;1977

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