Pipamperone

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Pipamperone
Systematic (IUPAC) name
1-[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-oxo-butyl]-4-(1-piperidyl)piperidine-4-carboxamide
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ATC code N05AD05
PubChem 4830
Chemical data
Formula C21H30FN3O2 
Mol. mass 375.480 g/mol
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Therapeutic considerations
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Legal status
Routes Oral

Pipamperone is an antipsychotic drug (a butyrophenone derivative) used in the treatment of schizophrenia. Pipamperone is known to the general public under the marketed brand name Dipiperon.

Pipamperone was discovered at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1960.

[edit] References

  • Fouks, Mathis, Gilbert, Ferragu, Houssait, Lerno, Treatment of character disorders with a new butyrophenone: R. 3345 or pipamperone, Ann Med Psychol (Paris). 1966 Dec;124(5):677-81.
  • Deberdt R., Pipamperone (Dipiperon) in the treatment of behaviour disorders. A large-scale multicentre evaluation, Acta Psychiatr Belg. 1976 Jan-Feb;76(1):157-66.