Hyoscine butylbromide

Hyoscine butylbromide
Systematic (IUPAC) name
[7(S)-(1α,2β,4β,5α,7β)]-9-butyl-7-(3-hydroxy-
1-oxo-2-phenylpropoxy)-9-methyl-3-oxa-
9-azonitricyclo[3.3.1.0(2,4)]nonane
Clinical data
Trade names Buscopan
Pregnancy
category
Routes of
administration
Oral, rectal, intravenous
Legal status
Legal status
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability <1%
Protein binding Low
Biological half-life 5 hours
Excretion Renal (50%) and fecal
Identifiers
CAS Number 149-64-4 YesY
ATC code A03BB01 (WHO)
PubChem CID 160883
DrugBank DB09300 YesY
ChemSpider 16736107 YesY
UNII 2Z3E1OF81V YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL1256901 N
Chemical data
Formula C21H30NO4+
Molar mass 360.467 g/mol
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Hyoscine butylbromide, also known as scopolamine butylbromide[1] and sold under the brandname Buscopan,[2] is a medication used to treat crampy abdominal pain, renal colic, and bladder spasms.[2][3] It is also used to improve a death rattle at the end of life.[4] Hyoscine butylbromide can be taken by mouth, injection into a muscle, or into a vein.[2]

Side effects may include sleepiness, vision changes, triggering of glaucoma, and severe allergies.[2] Sleepiness however, is uncommon.[5] It is unclear if it is safe in pregnancy.[2] It is an anticholinergic agent,[2] which does not have much effect on the brain.[6]

It is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system.[7] It is not available in the United States.[8] The wholesale cost is 0.004 to 0.11 USD per pill as of 2014.[9] It is manufactured from hyoscine which is naturally from the plant deadly nightshade.[10]

Medical uses

Hyoscine butylbromide is effective in treating crampy abdominal pain.[11]

Hyoscine butylbromide is effective in significantly reducing the duration of the first stage of labour, and it is not associated with any obvious adverse outcomes in mother or neonate.[12]

Pharmacology

It is a quaternary ammonium compound and a semisynthetic derivative of scopolamine. The attachment of the butyl-bromide moiety effectively prevents the movement of this drug across the blood–brain barrier, effectively minimising undesirable central nervous system side effects associated with scopolamine/hyoscine.

Abuse

Hyoscine butylbromide is not centrally active and has a low incidence of abuse.

Names

Other names include butylscopolamine, scopolamine butylbromide,[1] butylhyoscine, and butylscopolamine bromide.

References

  1. 1 2 Juo, Pei-Show (2001). Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology. (2nd ed.). Hoboken: CRC Press. p. 570. ISBN 9781420041309.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "BUSCOPAN Tablets and Ampoules BUSCOPAN FORTE Tablets". TGA eBusiness Services (BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PTY LIMITED). 8 November 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  3. Hamilton, Richart (2015). Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2015 Deluxe Lab-Coat Edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 270. ISBN 9781284057560.
  4. Paice, Judith (2015). Care of the Imminently Dying. Oxford University Press. p. 43. ISBN 9780190244309.
  5. Handbook of Palliative Care (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley. 2012. p. 570. ISBN 9781118426814.
  6. Hanks, Geoffrey (2011). Oxford textbook of palliative medicine (4th ed.). Oxford [etc.]: Oxford University Press. p. 805. ISBN 9780199693146.
  7. "WHO Model List of EssentialMedicines" (PDF). World Health Organization. October 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  8. Territo, editor, Dennis A. Casciato ; associate editor, Mary C. (2012). Manual of clinical oncology (7th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health. p. 146. ISBN 9781451115604.
  9. "Hyoscine Butylbromide". International Drug Price Indicator Guide. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  10. Twycross, Robert (2003). Introducing palliative care (4th ed.). Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press. p. 172. ISBN 9781857759150.
  11. Tytgat, G. N. (2007). "Hyoscine Butylbromide: A Review of its Use in the Treatment of Abdominal Cramping and Pain". Drugs 67 (9): 1343–1357. doi:10.2165/00003495-200767090-00007. PMID 17547475.
  12. Samuels, L. A.; Christie, L.; Roberts-Gittens, B.; Fletcher, H.; Frederick, J. (2007). "The effect of hyoscine butylbromide on the first stage of labour in term pregnancies". BJOG 114 (12): 1542–1546. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01497.x. PMID 17903230.

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