Detomidine

In some countries, this medicine may only be approved for veterinary use.

Scheme

Rec.INN

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0076631-46-4

Chemical Formula

C12-H14-N2

Molecular Weight

186

Therapeutic Categories

Sedative agent

Analgesic

Muscle relaxant

α2-adrenoceptor agonist

Chemical Name

1H-Imidazole, 4-[(2,3-dimethylphenyl)methyl]-

Foreign Names

• Detomidinum (Latin)
• Detomidin (German)
• Détomidine (French)
• Detomidina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Detomidine (OS: BAN)
• Detomidine Hydrochloride (OS: USAN, BANM)
• Détomidine (chlorhydrate de) pour usage veterinaire (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Detomidine Hydrochloride (PH: BP vet. 2007)
• Detomidine Hydrochloride for Veterinary Use (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Detomidinhydrochlorid für Tiere (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Detomidini hydrochloridum ad usum veterinarium (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Cepesedan (veterinary use)
  ScanVet, Sweden



• Calmant (veterinary use)
  Ranvet, Australia



• Cepesedan (veterinary use)
  Botéba, Netherlands; CP, Netherlands; CP-Pharma, Germany; CP-Pharma, Poland; Scanvet, Finland



• Detogesic (veterinary use)
  Fort Dodge, Germany; Fort Dodge Santé Animale, France



• Detomo Vet (veterinary use)
  Nature Vet, Australia; Vetpharm, New Zealand



• Domidine (veterinary use)
  Albrecht, Germany; Eurovet, Austria; Eurovet, Belgium; Eurovet, Netherlands; Eurovet Animal Health, Poland; Eurovet Animal Health B.V., Luxembourg; Sogeval, France



• Domodin (veterinary use)
  Novartis Animal Health, Sweden



• Domosedan (veterinary use)
  Botéba, Netherlands; Britannia, United Kingdom; Equi Products, Netherlands; Novivet, Netherlands; Orion, Finland; Orion, Poland; Orion, Sweden; Orion Animal Health, Norway; Pfizer, Austria; Pfizer Animal Health, Belgium; Pfizer Animal Health, Switzerland; Pfizer Animal Health, United Kingdom; Pfizer Animal Health, Ireland; Pfizer Animal Health, Italy; Pfizer Animal Health, Luxembourg; Pfizer Animal Health, Netherlands; Pfizer Animal Health, South Africa; Pfizer GmbH Tiergesundheit, Germany; Pfizer Santé Animale, France



• Dormosedan (veterinary use)
  Orion, United States; Pfizer Animal Health, Australia; Pfizer Animal Health, New Zealand



• Dozadine (veterinary use)
  ArcherVet, Australia



• Equisedan (veterinary use)
  Gräub, Switzerland



• Medesedan (veterinary use)
  Virbac, Switzerland; Virbac, France

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
BANM	British Approved Name (Modified)
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Rec.INN	Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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