Drug Summary

  Drug name:  scopolamine
  Chemical name:  Scopolamine hydrochloride
  Formula:  C₁₇H₂₁NO₄
  Weight:   303.3529
  CAS no:  51-34-3
  DrugBank link:  DB00747
  Description:  An alkaloid from Solanaceae, especially Datura metel L. and Scopola carniolica. Scopolamine and its quaternary derivatives act as antimuscarinics like atropine, but may have more central nervous system effects. Among the many uses are as an anesthetic premedication, in urinary incontinence, in motion sickness, as an antispasmodic, and as a mydriatic and cycloplegic. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of excessive salivation, colicky abdominal pain, bradycardia, sialorrhoea, diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome and motion sickness.