What is "etoperidone"

n. An antidepressant of the phenylpiperazine class.

Etoperidone (Axiomin, Centren, Depracer, Etonin, Etoran, Staff, Tropene), also known as clopradone and triazolinone, is an antidepressant of the phenylpiperazine class which was introduced in Europe in 1977. It acts primarily as an antagonist of several receptors in the following order of potency: 5-HT receptor (36 nM) > α-adrenergic receptor (38 nM) > 5-HT receptor (85 nM) > α-adrenergic receptor (570 nM); it has only very weak or negligible affinity for blocking the following receptors: D receptor (2,300 nM) > H receptor (3,100 nM) > mACh receptors (>35,000 nM). In addition to its receptor blockade, etoperidone also has weak affinity for the monoamine transporters as well: serotonin transporter (890 nM) > norepinephrine transporter (20,000 nM) > dopamine transporter (52,000 nM).