Common name

IUPAC name

(1S,3Z)-3-{2-[(1R,3aS,4E,7aR)-7a-methyl-1-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-octahydro-1H-inden-4-ylidene]ethylidene}-4-methylidenecyclohexan-1-ol

SMILES

CC(C)CCC[C@@H](C)[C@@]1([H])CC[C@@]2([H])\C(CCC[C@]12C)=C\C=C1\C[C@@H](O)CCC1=C

Compound class

Bone Density Conservation Agents; Vitamins; Antithyroid Agents; Vitamin D; Antihypocalcemic Agents; Alimentary Tract and Metabolism; Musculo-Skeletal System; Vitamin D and Analogues; Drugs Affecting Bone Structure and Mineralization; Drugs for Treatment of Bone Diseases; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8 Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inhibitors; CYP2B6 Inhibitors (strong); CYP2D6 Inducers; CYP2D6 Inducers (strong); CYP3A4 Inhibitors;

Therapeutic area

For the treatment of vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency, refractory rickets (vitamin D resistant rickets), familial hypophosphatemia and hypoparathyroidism, and in the management of hypocalcemia and renal osteodystrophy in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing dialysis. Also used in conjunction with calcium in the management and prevention of primary or corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis.