Peripheral mu-opioid receptor antagonist. Prepn: B. E. Cantrell et al., EP 506478; eidem, US 5250542 (1992, 1993 both to Lilly); D. M. Zimmerman et al., J. Med. Chem. 37, 2262 (1994). Improved synthesis: J. A. Werner et al., J. Org. Chem. 61, 587 (1996). Clinical pharmacology: S. S. Liu et al., Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. 68, 66 (2000). Clinical trial in postoperative ileus: A. Taguchi et al., N. Engl. J. Med. 345, 935 (2001); E. R. Viscusi et al., Surg. Endosc. 20, 64 (2006). Review of clinical experience: W. K. Schmidt, Am. J. Surg. 182, Suppl., 27S-38S (2001); and pharmacology: P. Neary, C. P. Delaney, Expert Opin. Invest. Drugs 14, 479-488 (2005).
Gastroprokinetic.
Gastroprokinetic