Etifoxine

Etifoxine Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Food Interaction and all others data.

Etifoxine is an anxiolytic and anticonvulsant drug developed by Hoechst in the 1960s. It is used in anxiety disorders and to promote peripheral nerve healing. It does not bind to the benzodiazepine receptor though the effects are similar to that of benzodiazepines. It is more effective than lorazepam as an anxiolytic, and has fewer side effects. Etifoxine has been associated with acute liver injury.

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• Etifoxine
• Uses
• Dosage
• Side Effect
• Precautions
• Interactions
• Uses during Pregnancy
• Uses during Breastfeeding
• Accute Overdose
• Food Interaction
• Half Life
• Volume of Distribution
• Clearance
• Interaction With other Medicine
• Contradiction
• Storage

Trade Name	Etifoxine
Generic	Etifoxine
Etifoxine Other Names	Etifoxina, Etifoxine, Etifoxinum
Type
Formula	C17H17ClN2O
Weight	Average: 300.79 Monoisotopic: 300.1029409
Groups	Investigational, Withdrawn
Therapeutic Class
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Last Updated:	September 19, 2023 at 7:00 am

Uses

Etifoxine is a benzoxazine class drug primarily used as an anxiolytic, but that also possesses neuroprotective, neuroplastic, and anti-inflammatory properties; these effects are thought to arise due to modulation of GABAergic neurotransmission and neurosteroid synthesis.

Etifoxine is also used to associated treatment for these conditions: Anxiety

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