.Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.N_NervousSystem.N05B_Anxiolytics.N05BX03_Etifoxine.Etifoxine .Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.N_NervousSystem.N05B_Anxiolytics.N05BX03_Etifoxine.Etifoxine| name: | Etifoxine |
| ATC code: | N05BX03 | route: | oral |
| n-compartments | 1 |
Etifoxine is an anxiolytic drug used mainly for the treatment of anxiety disorders. It is not a benzodiazepine and is noted for its distinct mechanism acting as a positive allosteric modulator of GABA-A receptors and stimulating neurosteroid production. Etifoxine is approved and widely used in France and some other countries, but is not approved in the United States or the United Kingdom.
Healthy adult volunteers, single oral dose pharmacokinetics