Edrophonium Chloride

Scheme

Rec.INN

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000116-38-1

Chemical Formula

C10-H16-Cl-N-O

Molecular Weight

201

Therapeutic Categories

Antidote: Curare antagonist

Diagnostic agent

Chemical Name

Benzenaminium, N-ethyl-3-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-, chloride

Foreign Names

• Edrophonii chloridum (Latin)
• Edrophonium chlorid (German)
• Chlorure d'edrophonium (French)
• Cloruro de edrofonio (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Edrophonium Chloride (OS: BAN)
• Edrophoni chloridum (PH: Ph. Int. 2)
• Edrophonii chloridum (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Edrophonium Chloride (PH: JP XV, Ph. Eur. 6, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, BP 2010)

Brand Names

• Antirex
  Kyorin, Japan



• Edrophonium Chloride
  Hospira, United States



• Enlon
  Baxter, Canada



• Tensilon
  ICN, United States



• Anticude
  Arafarma, Spain

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Rec.INN	Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)

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