baclofen
A synthetic chlorophenyl-butanoic acid derivative used to treat spasms due to spinal cord damage and multiple sclerosis. Muscle-relaxing Baclofen acts as a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) agonist specific for GABA-B receptors. It acts at spinal and supraspinal sites, reducing excitatory transmission.
| US brand name: | Gablofen Kemstro Lioresal |
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| Code name: | BA34647 |
| Chemical structure: | 4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-butanoic acid beta-(Aminomethyl)-4-chlorobenzenepropanoic acid |
| NSC code: | 329137 |