Nabilone

DEA NFLIS-Drug Category -> Cannabinoids

DEA Schedule II Controlled Substance -> Hallucinogenic substances

Pharmaceuticals -> Listed in ZINC15

Pharmaceuticals -> Synthetic Cannabinoids or Psychoactive Compounds

FDA approved drugs -> Active ingredient

FDA approved drugs -> Active ingredient

Warning

H302 (100%): Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]

P264, P270, P301+P317, P330, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Aggregated GHS information provided per 40 reports by companies from 2 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory.

Serum aminotransferase elevations during nabilone therapy are not common, generally mild and similar to the rate in controls who are receiving cancer chemotherapy. There have been no convincing cases of clinically apparent liver injury attributable to nabilone published in the literature and, thus, significant liver injury from nabilone must be exceeding rare, if it occurs at all.

Drug Induced Liver Injury Rank (DILIrank 2.0)

Nabilone

vNo-DILI-concern

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DOI:10.1016/j.drudis.2016.02.015

A - Alimentary tract and metabolism

QA - Alimentary tract and metabolism

Nabilone is a cannabinoid with therapeutic uses. It is an analog of dronabinol (also known as tetrahydrocannabinol or THC), the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. Although structurally distinct from THC, nabilone mimics THC's structure and pharmacological activity through weak partial agonist activity at Cannabinoid-1 (CB1R) and Cannabinoid-2 (CB2R) receptors, however it is considered to be twice as active as Δ⁹-THC.

Nabilone is an orally active synthetic cannabinoid which, like other cannabinoids, has complex effects on the central nervous system (CNS). It has been suggested that the antiemetic effect of nabilone is caused by interaction with the cannabinoid receptor system, i.e., the CB (1) receptor, which is a component of the endocannabinoid system of the body. The endocannabinoid system is widely distributed throughout the central and peripheral nervous system (via the Cannabinoid Receptors CB1 and CB2) and plays a role in many physiological processes such as inflammation, cardiovascular function, learning, pain, memory, stress and emotional regulation, and the sleep/wake cycle among many others. CB1 receptors are found in both the central and peripheral nervous system, and are most abundant in the hippocampus and amygdala, which are the areas of the brain responsible for short-term memory storage and emotional regulation. CB2 receptors are mainly located in the peripheral nervous system and can be found on lymphoid tissue where they are involved in regulation of immune function.

Hepatic. Two metabolic pathways have been suggested. The major pathway probably involves the direct oxidation of Nabilone to produce hydroxylic and carboxylic analogues. These compounds are thought to account for the remaining plasma radioactivity when carbinol metabolites have been extracted.