Cinnamedrine

Cinnamedrine

Clinical data
Other names	Cinnamylephedrine; N-Cinnamylephedrine
Identifiers
IUPAC name 2-[methyl-[(E)-3-phenylprop-2-enyl]amino]-1-phenylpropan-1-ol
CAS Number	90-86-8^Y
PubChem CID	5370611
ChemSpider	4521391
UNII	Y1245J8012
KEGG	D03510
ChEMBL	ChEMBL2104503
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID8057851
ECHA InfoCard	100.001.838
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C19H23NO
Molar mass	281.399 g·mol^−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES CC(C(C1=CC=CC=C1)O)N(C)C/C=C/C2=CC=CC=C2
InChI InChI=1S/C19H23NO/c1-16(19(21)18-13-7-4-8-14-18)20(2)15-9-12-17-10-5-3-6-11-17/h3-14,16,19,21H,15H2,1-2H3/b12-9+ Key:YMJMZFPZRVMNCH-FMIVXFBMSA-N

Cinnamedrine (INNTooltip International Nonproprietary Name, USANTooltip United States Adopted Name), also known as N-cinnamylephedrine, is a sympathomimetic drug with similar effects relative to those of ephedrine.[1][2] It also has some local anesthetic activity.[2] Cinnamedrine was previously used, in combination with analgesics, as an antispasmodic to treat dysmenorrhea in the over-the-counter drug Midol in the 1980s.[2][3] There is a case series of the drug being abused as a psychostimulant.[4]

See also

• Methylephedrine
• Etafedrine

References

1. J. Elks (14 November 2014). The Dictionary of Drugs: Chemical Data: Chemical Data, Structures and Bibliographies. Springer. pp. 279–. ISBN 978-1-4757-2085-3.
2. I.K. Morton; Judith M. Hall (6 December 2012). Concise Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents: Properties and Synonyms. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 77–. ISBN 978-94-011-4439-1.
3. William Andrew Publishing (22 October 2013). Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Elsevier. pp. 1027–. ISBN 978-0-8155-1856-3.
4. Fellows KW, Giannini AJ (1983). "Cinnamedrine: potential for abuse". J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 20 (1): 93–9. doi:10.3109/15563658308990054. PMID 6887304.