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Descriptor English:   Clofazimine 
Descriptor Spanish:   Clofazimina 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Clofazimina 
Synonyms English:   B 663
B-663
B663
G 30,320
G-30,320
G30,320
Lamprene
N,5-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)-3,5-dihydro-3-((1-methylethyl)imino)-2-phenazinamine  
Tree Number:   D03.633.300.704.353
Definition English:   A fat-soluble riminophenazine dye used for the treatment of leprosy. It has been used investigationally in combination with other antimycobacterial drugs to treat Mycobacterium avium infections in AIDS patients. Clofazimine also has a marked anti-inflammatory effect and is given to control the leprosy reaction, erythema nodosum leprosum. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1993, p1619) 
Pharmacological Action:   Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Leprostatic Agents
 
History Note English:   74 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AD administration & dosage AE adverse effects
AG agonists AA analogs & derivatives
AN analysis AI antagonists & inhibitors
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CS chemical synthesis CH chemistry
CL classification EC economics
HI history IM immunology
IP isolation & purification ME metabolism
PK pharmacokinetics PD pharmacology
PO poisoning RE radiation effects
ST standards SD supply & distribution
TU therapeutic use TO toxicity
UR urine  
Record Number:   3015 
Unique Identifier:   D002991 

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