Penthrane

Active Ingredient(s): Methoxyflurane
Pharm Company: * ABBOTT
Category: Anesthetic

* This drug may consist of multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or distributors. If applicable, they would be listed below under "NDC Database Records".

Penthrane Overview

Methoxyflurane, marketed as Penthrane, "'Metofane"', and Penthrox, is a halogenated ether that was in clinical use as a volatile inhalational anesthetic from its introduction in 1960 until the late 1970s. It was first synthesized in the late 1940s by William T. Miller and his team of chemists following their involvement in the Manhattan Project.[1] Methoxyflurane is an extremely potent and highly lipid-soluble anesthetic agent, characterized by very slow induction (onset of ac...

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