Tybamate

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Tybamate
Systematic (IUPAC) name
[2-(carbamoyloxymethyl)-2-methylpentyl] N-butylcarbamate
Identifiers
CAS number	4268-36-4
ATC code	?
PubChem	20266
Chemical data
Formula	C13H26N2O4
Mol. mass	274.357 g/mol
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability	?
Metabolism	?
Half life	?
Excretion	?
Therapeutic considerations
Pregnancy cat.	?
Legal status
Routes	?

Tybamate is an anxiolytic. It is a prodrug for meprobamate in the same way as the better known drug carisoprodol. It has liver enzyme inducing effects similar to those of phenobarbital but much weaker.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Segelman FH, Kelton E, Terzi RM, Kucharczyk N, Sofia RD. The comparative potency of phenobarbital and five 1,3-propanediol dicarbamates for hepatic cytochrome P450 induction in rats. Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology. 1985 Jun;48(3):467-70.

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