Antipsychotic ester

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Short description: Class of prodrugs
Haloperidol decanoate, an antipsychotic ester.

An antipsychotic ester is an ester of an antipsychotic.[1] They are used clinically as prodrugs to increase fat solubility and thereby prolong duration when antipsychotics are used as depot injectables.[1]

List of clinically used antipsychotic esters

Typical antipsychotics

Atypical antipsychotics

Pharmacology

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "The pharmacokinetics of long-acting antipsychotic medications". Current Clinical Pharmacology 9 (3): 310–7. 2014. doi:10.2174/15748847113089990051. PMID 23343447. 





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