Clopamide
Clopamide (trade name Brinaldix) is a piperidine diuretic.[1]
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.010.238 |
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Formula | C14H20ClN3O3S |
Molar mass | 345.84 g·mol−1 |
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Mechanism of action
Clopamide is categorised as a thiazide-like diuretic and works in similar way as the thiazide diuretics do. It acts in the kidneys, at the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) of the nephron where it inhibits the sodium-chloride symporter. Clopamide selectively binds at the chloride binding site of the sodium-chloride symporter in the PCT cells on the luminal (interior) side and thus interferes with the reabsorption of sodium chloride, causing an equiosmolar excretion of water along with sodium chloride.
References
- McNeil JJ, Conway EL, Drummer OH, Howes LG, Christophidis N, Louis WJ (September 1987). "Clopamide: plasma concentrations and diuretic effect in humans". Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 42 (3): 299–304. doi:10.1038/clpt.1987.151. PMID 3621784.
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