Phenazone is an analgesic, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and an antipyretic. It is taken by mouth or in the form of ear drops. Phenazone, also called antipyrine, is now rarely used to treat pain and fever. However, it is often used in testing the effects of other drugs or diseases on drug-degrading enzymes in the liver.
Effect
Pharmacodynamics
The anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic effects of phenazone are due to inhibition of the enzymes cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 (COX-1/COX-2), enzymes involved in prostaglandin synthesis via the arachidonic acid pathway. This results in decreased levels of prostaglandins, which mediate pain, fever and inflammation.
Toxicity
Side effects
Possible adverse effects include:
allergy to pyrazolones
Nausea
Agranulocytosis
Hepatotoxicity
Toxicological data
LD50 (rat, oral): 1705 mg-kg-1
Chemical & physical properties
ATC Code
N02BB01, S02DA03
Formula
C11H12N2O
Molar Mass (g·mol−1)
188,23
Physical State
solid
Density (g·cm−3)
1,19
Melting Point (°C)
111–114
Boiling Point (°C)
319
PKS Value
1.4
CAS Number
60-80-0
PUB Number
2206
Drugbank ID
DB01435
Sources
Aktories, Förstermann, Hofmann, Starke: Allgemeine und spezielle Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Elsvier, 2017
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Markus Falkenstätter, BSc Author
Markus Falkenstätter is a writer on pharmaceutical topics in Medikamio's medical editorial team. He is in the last semester of his pharmacy studies at the University of Vienna and loves scientific work in the field of natural sciences.
Mag. pharm. Stefanie Lehenauer Lector
Stefanie Lehenauer has been a freelance writer for Medikamio since 2020 and studied pharmacy at the University of Vienna. She works as a pharmacist in Vienna and her passion is herbal medicines and their effects.
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