Nifoxipam

Nifoxipam

Nifoxipam

Benzodiazepine designer drug

Nifoxipam (3-hydroxydesmethylflunitrazepam, DP 370) is a benzodiazepine that is a minor metabolite of flunitrazepam and has been sold online as a designer drug.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

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Nifoxipam produces strong tranquillising and sleep-prolonging effects and has much lower toxicity compared to lormetazepam and flunitrazepam in mice.[1]

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References

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    EP 0158267, Posselt K, Wagener HH, Gruber K,, "Pharmaceutical composition containing 5-(2-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-7-nitro- or 5-(2-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-1-methyl-7-nitro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one and process for their preparation", published 16 October 1985, assigned to Dolorgiet Beteiligungs-GmbH
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    Meyer MR, Bergstrand MP, Helander A, Beck O (May 2016). "Identification of main human urinary metabolites of the designer nitrobenzodiazepines clonazolam, meclonazepam, and nifoxipam by nano-liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry for drug testing purposes". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 408 (13): 3571–91. doi:10.1007/s00216-016-9439-6. PMID 27071765. S2CID 25831532.
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    Katselou M, Papoutsis I, Nikolaou P, Spiliopoulou C, Athanaselis S (2016). "Metabolites replace the parent drug in the drug arena. The cases of fonazepam and nifoxipam". Forensic Toxicology. 35 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1007/s11419-016-0338-5. PMC 5214877. PMID 28127407.
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