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Bemegride


Bemegride
Systematic (IUPAC) name
4-Ethyl-4-methyl-2,6-piperidinedione
Identifiers
CAS number	64-65-3
ATC code	R07AB05
PubChem	2310
Chemical data
Formula	C₈H₁₃N O₂
Mol. mass	155.2 g/mol
Synonyms	Methetharimide β,β-methylethylglutarimide
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability	?
Metabolism	?
Half life	?
Excretion	?
Therapeutic considerations
Pregnancy cat.	?
Legal status
Routes	?

Bemegride is a CNS stimulant and antidote for barbiturate poisoning. As a stimulant is approximately as potent as phendimetrazine or pemoline.

Additional recommended knowledge

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Bemegride is also known as Megimide.

John Bodkin Adams case

For more details on this topic, see John Bodkin Adams#Gertrude Hullett.

Bemegride is noted in legal history as the drug suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams failed to prescribe to his patient Gertrude Hullett. She died of a barbiturate overdose on 23 July 1956.

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