Dopamantine
Dopamantine (INN , USAN ; developmental code name SCH-15507; also known as N-adamantanoyl dopamine) is an antiparkinsonian drug of the adamantane group that developed for treatment of Parkinson's disease but was never marketed.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It was developed and studied in the 1970s and was said to have reached early clinical trials.[1][6][4] Dopamantine combines elements of the chemical structures of clinically used adamantane antiparkinsonian agents like amantadine and dopamine or levodopa (L-DOPA) into a single molecule.[3][4] It is said to have been designed to help dopamine cross the blood–brain barrier via the lipophilic adamantane moiety.[5] The drug is said to share pharmacological effects with amantadine.[4] Another related compound is carmantadine, which is also an adamantane antiparkinsonian agent that was never marketed.[4][6] References
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