Drug Summary

  Drug name:  procyclidine
  Chemical name:  Procyclidine hydrochloride
  Formula:  C₁₉H₂₉NO
  Weight:   287.4397
  CAS no:  77-37-2
  DrugBank link:  DB00387
  Description:  A muscarinic antagonist that crosses the blood-brain barrier and is used in the treatment of drug-induced extrapyramidal disorders and in parkinsonism. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of all forms of Parkinson's Disease, as well as control of extrapyramidal reactions induced by antipsychotic agents.