iproniazid

[ahy-pruh-nahy-uh-zid]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a compound, C 9 H 13 N 3 O, used in the treatment of mental depression and tuberculosis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of iproniazid¹

First recorded in 1950–55; i(so)pro(pyl) + ni(cotine) + az- + -id ⁴

Example Sentences

One drug, iproniazid, was being used to treat tuberculosis when doctors realized that it helped improve patients’ mood.

From Salon

His 1967 paper, titled “The Biochemistry of Affective Disorders,” reviewed studies of reserpine, iproniazid, and other recently discovered drugs, and proposed that low levels of a different neurotransmitter, serotonin, could underlie depressive illness.

From Salon

That long and winding road began with the antibiotic iproniazid.

From Nature

Iproniazid transformed the treatment of tuberculosis in the 1950s.

From Nature

The first, called iproniazid, was found by accident when it was being tested as a treatment for tuberculosis.

From Time