Epinastine

Epinastine
Clinical data
Trade namesAlesion, Elestat, Purivist, Relestat
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa604011
Pregnancy
category
  • C
Routes of
administration
Eye drops
ATC code
Pharmacokinetic data
Protein binding64%
Elimination half-life12 hours
Identifiers
  • (RS)-3-amino-9,13b-dihydro-1H-dibenz(c,f)imidazo(1,5-a)azepine
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.120.187
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC16H15N3
Molar mass249.317 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • N\4=C(\N3c1c(cccc1)Cc2c(cccc2)C3C/4)N
  • InChI=1S/C16H15N3/c17-16-18-10-15-13-7-3-1-5-11(13)9-12-6-2-4-8-14(12)19(15)16/h1-8,15H,9-10H2,(H2,17,18) Y
  • Key:WHWZLSFABNNENI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
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Epinastine (brand names Alesion, Elestat, Purivist, Relestat) is a second-generation antihistamine and mast cell stabilizer that is used in eye drops to treat allergic conjunctivitis. It is produced by Allergan and marketed by Inspire in the United States. It is highly selective for the H1 receptor and does not cross the blood-brain-barrier.

It was patented in 1980 and came into medical use in 1994.