Chlormezanone

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Chlormezanone (marketed under the brandname Trancopal or Fenaprim) is a drug used as an anxiolytic and a muscle relaxant. Its use was discontinued in many countries from 1996 on, due to rare but serious cases of toxic epidermal necrolysis.

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