A drug formerly used as an antipsychotic and treatment of various movement disorders. Tetrabenazine blocks neurotransmitter uptake into adrenergic storage vesicles and has been used as a high affinity label for the vesicle transport system.
Also Known As:
Nitoman; Cambridge Laboratories Brand of Tetrabenazine; Orphan Brand of Tetrabenazine; Roche Brand of Tetrabenazine; Shire Brand of Tetrabenazine; Xenazine; Tetrabenazine Orphan Brand; 2H-Benzo(a)quinolizin-2-one, 1,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-9,10-dimethoxy-3-(2-methylpropyl)-