Aminorex, sold under the brand names Menocil and Apiquel among others, is a weight loss stimulant drug. [2] [3] It was withdrawn from the market after it was found to cause pulmonary hypertension (PPH). [3] [4] In the United States, aminorex is a Schedule I controlled substance.

2007年7月31日 · Aminorex is an amphetamine-like anorectic agent. It may cause pulmonary hypertension.

Aminorex is an amfetamine analogue that was used as an anorectic agent, but was withdrawn from the market over 20 years ago because of its association with pulmonary hypertension, which sometimes proved fatal. Its adverse effects have been attributed predominantly to the release of noradrenaline and other catecholamines.

This is a list of aminorex analogues, also known as substituted 2-amino-5-aryloxazolines. Aminorex itself is a stimulant drug with a 5-phenyl-2-amino-oxazoline structure.

Aminorex is an anorectic stimulant drug. Aminorex inhibits norepinephrine and dopamine transporters with IC50 of 0.33 and 0.85 uM.

Aminorex, sold under the brand names Menocil and Apiquel among others, is a weight loss stimulant drug. [2] [3] It was withdrawn from the market after it was found to cause pulmonary hypertension (PPH). [3] [4] In the United States, aminorex is a Schedule I controlled substance.

Aminorex produces the characteristic effects of central nervous system stimulants like amphetamine, and has been used clinically for its anorectic effects. Its adverse effects are also similar to those produced by central nervous system stimulants.

Aminorex is an anorectic stimulant drug of the 2-Amino-5-Aryl oxazoline class. It is closely related to the popular drug 4-methyl-aminorex. It was disvered in 1960 by McNeil Laboratories, and was quickly found in 1962 to have an appetite suppressant effect in rats.

Aminorex (Fig.1A) is an amphetamine-like agent that was detected in racehorses after levamisole administration (Barker, 2009). Moreover, aminorex was detected in human urine samples in a multitude of cocaine abusers (Bertol et al., 2011; Karch et al., 2012).

Aminorex is chemically similar to 4-methylaminorex,’ which has been classified in Schedule I of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971. Aminorex produces the characteristic effects of central nervous system stimulants like amfetamine, and has been used clinically for its anorectic effects.