Ondansetron Basic information
Product Name: Ondansetron
Synonyms: 1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-9-methyl-3-((2-methyl-1h-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)-4h-carbazo;gr38032;gr38032x;GR 38032F;ONDANSETRONE HYDROCHLORIDE;ONDANSETRON HCL;ONDANSETRON HCL DIHYDRATE;ONDANSETRON HYDROCHLORIDE DIHYDRATE
CAS: 99614-02-5
MF: C18H20ClN3O
MW: 329.82
Product Categories: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients;Ondansetron;Serotonin
Ondansetron lowers the cravings for alcohol, especially in early-onset alcoholics. In one cognitive-behavioral therapy study, ondansetron patients with early-onset alcoholism had fewer drinks per day and reported more days without drinking at all, as compared to the other groups in the study.
Also of note, individuals with the LL genotype show significant improvements in alcohol misuse when treated with ondansetron,
compared with individuals with the other genotypes of the 5HTTLPR polymorphism, who showed no improvement over placebo.
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have demonstrated that ondansetron might be useful and effective
for treating withdrawal symptoms of opioid addictions. Unlike the existing treatments methadone and buprenorphine, it is not itself an opioid. Additionally, it does not require continued supervision like treatment with clonidine.
The original experiment used mice who were injected with increasing doses of morphine, assayed with naloxone and then underwent haplotypic analysis to isolate a gene candidate.HTR3A which codes for the 5-HT3 receptor emerged as the primary candidate, which suggested 5-HT3 antagonist ondansetron as a possible treatment. The researchers were then able to show using an acute morphine administration model the efficacy in withdrawal symptom control in humans
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