Diethylthiambutene
Diethylthiambutene (Thiambutene, Themalon, Diethibutin, N,N-Diethyl-1-methyl-3,3-di-2-thienylallylamine) is an opioid analgesic drug developed in the 1950s [1] which was mainly used as an anesthetic in veterinary medicine.[2][3] It is now under international control under Schedule I of the UN Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs 1961, presumably due to high abuse potential, although little more information is available.
References
- ↑ BECKETT AH, CASY AF, HARPER NJ, PHILLIPS PM. Analgesics and their antagonists: some steric and chemical considerations. II. The influence of the basic group on physico-chemical properties and the activity of methadone and thiambutene-type compounds. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 1956 Nov;8(11):860-73.
- ↑ Hayes MJ. The use of thiambutene hydrochloride. The Veterinary Record. 1968 Nov 16;83(20):528.
- ↑ Harbison WD, Slocombe RF, Watts SJ, Stewart GA. Thiambutene and acepromazine as analgesic and preanaesthetic agents in horses and sheep. Australian Veterinary Journal. 1974 Dec;50(12):543-6.
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