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Drug

Meprobamate

Established medicine
ClassGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
Also known as Equagesic, Equanil, MB-TAB, Micrainin+5 more

Equagesic, Equanil, MB-TAB, Micrainin, Miltown, PMB, Meprobamat, Meprobamato, Meprobamatum.

16
Protein targets
1
Regulatory events
Latest activity
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this drug.

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Identifiers & mechanism

Canonical identifiers, marketed brand names and mechanism, resolved across RxNorm, ChEMBL and ATC.

Canonical name
Meprobamate
Aliases & brands
EquagesicEquanilMB-TABMicraininMiltownPMBMeprobamatMeprobamatoMeprobamatum
RxNorm CUI
6760
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL979
ATC codes
N05BC01N05BC51N05CX01
UNII
9I7LNY769Q
Primary mechanism
GABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
Regulatory jurisdictions
mhra

Pharmacology & targets

16 targets

Known molecular targets and mechanisms supported by curated pharmacology databases.

AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist
AGONISTGABA-A receptor; anion channel agonist

Regulatory timeline

1 event

The complete regulatory record, grouped by authority — approvals, safety advisories and label changes. Each authority shows its most recent events; expand one to read its full history.

Authorities
MHRA
Total events
1
mhraMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency· 1 event
2016-04-18Safety communicationSafety
Drug Safety Update: Meprobamate: licence to be cancelled
Evidence ↗

Contains public sector information from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) licensed under the Open Government Licence (OGL v3).

References & data sources
  • RxNorm (U.S. National Library of Medicine) — drug identity
  • ChEMBL (EMBL-EBI) & UniProt — pharmacology and targets
  • Regulatory event sources are credited in the Regulatory Timeline above.