Mepenzolate bromide 25mg tablets
Requires a prescription from a doctor or prescriber
Mepenzolate is a post-ganglionic parasympathetic inhibitor.
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WHO defined daily dose (DDD)
100 mg
Not a recommended dose. The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults. It is a statistical measure used for research and comparison purposes only.
Source: WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, distributed via the NHS dm+d supplementary mapping files (NHSBSA). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Codes for healthcare professionals and prescribing systems
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SNOMED CT and dm+d codes from NHS TRUD (Technology Reference data Update Distribution), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ATC codes from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology (whocc.no).
Active and completed clinical studies from ClinicalTrials.gov
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Data accessed via ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. Trial information is provided for research purposes and does not constitute medical advice.
Academic studies and reviews for this medicine's active substance
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Reviews & meta-analyses: 7 · 1965–2024
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Michèle B. Heeb, J. Criquet, Saskia G Zimmermann-Steffens, et al.
Water research, 2014
L. Protesescu, S. Yakunin, M. Bodnarchuk, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016
C. Sutter‐Fella, Yanbo Li, M. Amani, et al.
Nano letters, 2016
Qing-Yu Lin, Xiuhua Xu, Kena Zhang, et al.
Angewandte Chemie, 2016
J. De Roo, M. Ibáñez, P. Geiregat, et al.
ACS nano, 2016
Yang Liu, Jieyuan Cui, K. Du, et al.
Nature Photonics, 2019
Min Chen, Minggang Ju, Alexander D Carl, et al.
Joule, 2018
Seog Joon Yoon, Sergiu Draguta, J. Manser, et al.
ACS energy letters, 2016
Shuangshuang Cheng, Xinran Zhang, Xin Yang, et al.
Environmental science & technology, 2018
Munzer. S. Y. Ebaida, Ayoup. M. Ghrairb, Mamdoh Al-Busoulc
Energy Conversion and Management, 2018
Sources: aggregated from Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI), OpenAlex, Crossref, PubMed and other open scholarly databases. Retracted articles are excluded. Study information is provided for research purposes and does not constitute medical advice.
Pharmacology and chemical data from DrugBank
Key facts
Drug status
Approved
Major interactions
None known
Half-life
Not available
Mechanism
Mepenzolate is a post-ganglionic parasympathetic inhibitor.
Food interactions
None known
Human targets
3 targets
Data: DrugBank · CC BY-NC 4.0
Pharmacokinetics at a glance
Absorption
22%
Elimination
22%
Pharmacokinetic data: DrugBank · CC BY-NC 4.0
shown to be effective in contributing to the healing of peptic ulcer, decreasing the rate of recurrence, or preventing complications.
Known interactions with other medicines. Always consult a healthcare professional.
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paralysis). The oral LD50 is greater than 750 mg/kg in mice and greater than 1000 mg/kg in rats.
How the body processes this drug — absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
Proteins and enzymes this drug interacts with in the body
ATC A03AB12
Chemical identifiers
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Chemical identifiers
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Linked compound data from DrugBank Open Data (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Additional database identifiers
ChemSpider
3917
BindingDB
50377964
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:1950
GenAtlas
CHRM1
GeneCards
CHRM1
GenBank Gene Database
X52068
GenBank Protein Database
34451
Guide to Pharmacology
13
UniProt Accession
ACM1_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:1952
GenAtlas
CHRM3
GeneCards
CHRM3
GenBank Gene Database
X15266
GenBank Protein Database
32324
Guide to Pharmacology
15
UniProt Accession
ACM3_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:1954
GenAtlas
CHRM5
GeneCards
CHRM5
GenBank Gene Database
M80333
GenBank Protein Database
177988
Guide to Pharmacology
17
UniProt Accession
ACM5_HUMAN
DrugBank citations
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- DrugBank 6.02024Recommended citationKnox C., Wilson M., Klinger C.M., et alDrugBank 6.0: the DrugBank Knowledgebase for 2024Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 Jan 552(D1):D1265-D1275
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- DrugBank 4.02014Law V., Knox C., Djoumbou Y., et alDrugBank 4.0: shedding new light on drug metabolismNucleic Acids Res. 2014 Jan 142(1):D1091-7
- DrugBank 3.02011Knox C., Law V., Jewison T., et alDrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugsNucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan39(Database issue):D1035-41
- DrugBank 2.02008Wishart D.S., Knox C., Guo A.C., et alDrugBank: a knowledgebase for drugs, drug actions and drug targets.Nucleic Acids Research2008 Jan36(Database issue):D901-6
- DrugBank 1.02006Wishart D.S., Knox C., Guo A.C., et alDrugBank: a comprehensive resource for in silico drug discovery and exploration.Nucleic Acids Research2006 Jan 134(Database issue):D668-72