Chlormethiazole
"Chlormethiazole" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A sedative and anticonvulsant often used in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal. Chlormethiazole has also been proposed as a neuroprotective agent. The mechanism of its therapeutic activity is not entirely clear, but it does potentiate GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID receptors response and it may also affect glycine receptors.
| Descriptor ID |
D002719
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.675.180 D03.383.129.708.180
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