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Bepridil

Bepridil
Bepridil.svg
Clinical data
Trade names Vascor
AHFS/Drugs.com Monograph
MedlinePlus a699051
Pregnancy
category
  • US: C (Risk not ruled out)
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability Well absorbed
Protein binding 99%
Metabolism Hepatic, CYP3A4-mediated
Biological half-life 42 hours
Excretion Renal
Identifiers
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEBI
ChEMBL
Chemical and physical data
Formula C24H34N2O
Molar mass 366.54 g/mol
3D model (Jmol)
  

Bepridil (trade name Vascor) is an amine calcium channel blocker once used to treat angina. It is no longer sold in the United States.

It is nonselective.

It has been discussed as a possible option in the treatment of atrial fibrillation.

It has been implicated in causing ventricular arrhythmia (torsades de pointes).

In June 2015 a research paper was published finding bepridil to result in a 100% survival rate for mice exposed to ebola during an experiment searching for potential pharmaceutical ebola treatments; indicating its potential use in future ebola research and therapy.



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