Prodipine

Prodipine
Clinical data
Other namesBY-101; 1-Isopropyl-4,4-diphenylpiperidine
Routes of
administration
Oral, intravenous injection
Drug classAntiparkinsonian agents
Identifiers
  • 4,4-diphenyl-1-propan-2-ylpiperidine
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC20H25N
Molar mass279.427 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CC(C)N1CCC(CC1)(C2=CC=CC=C2)C3=CC=CC=C3
  • InChI=1S/C20H25N/c1-17(2)21-15-13-20(14-16-21,18-9-5-3-6-10-18)19-11-7-4-8-12-19/h3-12,17H,13-16H2,1-2H3
  • Key:CFOOTBBXHJHHMT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Prodipine (INNTooltip International Nonproprietary Name; developmental code name BY-101) is an experimental antiparkinsonian agent of the 4,4-diphenylpiperidine series related to budipine which was never marketed. It was the predecessor of budipine and was similarly found to be effective in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. However, prodipine produced side effects including gastrointestinal adverse effects, nausea and vomiting, and hypotension. Due to the nausea and vomiting with the oral form, it could only be tolerated with intravenous administration. As a result, budipine, which had fewer side effects, was developed instead.