benzatropine
benzatropine
Tropane in which a hydrogen at position 3 is substituted by a diphenylmethoxy group (<em>endo</em>-isomer). An acetylcholine receptor antagonist, it is used (particularly as its methanesulphonate salt) in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and to reduce parkinsonism and akathisia side effects of antipsychotic treatments.