Phenindione

Phenindione
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com International Drug Names
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: D
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
Pharmacokinetic data
Protein binding 88%
Elimination half-life 5 to 10 hours
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ECHA InfoCard 100.001.323 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
Formula C15H10O2
Molar mass 222.239 g/mol
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Phenindione is an anticoagulant which functions as a Vitamin K antagonist.

Phenindione was introduced in the early 1950s. It acts similar to warfarin, but it has been associated with hypersensitivity reactions, so it is rarely used and warfarin is preferred.[1][2]

References

  1. Naisbitt DJ, Farrell J, Chamberlain PJ, et al. (June 2005). "Characterization of the T-cell response in a patient with phenindione hypersensitivity". J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 313 (3): 1058–65. doi:10.1124/jpet.105.083758. PMID 15743920.
  2. Sean C Sweetman (Ed) (2009). Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference (36th ed.). London: Phamaceutical Press. "Phenindione", p. 1369.


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