Viminol
Opioid analgesic medicine
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Viminol (marketed under the brandname Dividol) is an opioid analgesic developed by a team at the drug company Zambon in the 1960s.[2] Viminol is based on the α-pyrryl-2-aminoethanol structure, unlike any other class of opioids.[3][4]
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| Trade names | Dividol |
| Other names | Dividol, viminolo, diviminol |
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| Routes of administration | Oral |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.040.301 |
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| Formula | C21H31ClN2O |
| Molar mass | 362.94 g·mol−1 |
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Viminol has both antitussive (cough suppressing) and analgesic (pain reducing) effects. Viminol has additional effects similar to other opioids including sedation and euphoria.[citation needed] It has six different stereoisomers which have varying properties. Four are inactive, but the 1S-(R,R)-disecbutyl isomer is a μ-opioid full agonist around 5.5 times more potent than morphine and the 1S-(S,S)-disecbutyl isomer is an antagonist.[5][6] Since viminol is supplied as a racemic mixture of isomers, the overall effect is a mixed agonist–antagonist profile similar to that of opioids such as pentazocine, although with somewhat fewer side effects.[7]
Side effects
Side effects are similar to other opioids, and can include:[medical citation needed]
- Itching
- Nausea
- Sedation
- Respiratory depression - can be potentially life-threatening
However, since viminol is supplied as a racemic mixture of agonist and antagonist isomers, the abuse potential and respiratory depression tends to be less than that of μ-opioid full agonist drugs.[medical citation needed]
Drug dependence may occur.[8]
Related compounds
Later work showed that replacing the chlorine atom with a fluorine atom (2F-Viminol) or with a trifluoromethyl group produced a compound with twice the potency and half the acute toxicity.[9] A later team at Zambon found that one isomer of a pyrrolidone analog is 318 times as potent as morphine in its analgesic activity in animal studies.[10] A number of related compounds were also found to be active, allowing a QSAR model to be constructed.
