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Pheniprazine, formerly sold under the brand names Catron and Cavodil, is an irreversible and non-selective monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) of the hydrazine group that was used as an antidepressant to treat depression in the 1960s.^[3][4][5][6] It was also used in the treatment of angina pectoris and schizophrenia.^[7][8] Pheniprazine has been largely discontinued due to toxicity concerns such as jaundice, amblyopia, and optic neuritis.^[9][10][11] Pheniprazine is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI).^[3] Amphetamine has been detected as an active metabolite of pheniprazine in animals.^[12] Pheniprazine produces amphetamine- and psychostimulant-like effects at high doses in animals.^[13] The same is true of certain other MAOIs, including iproniazid, phenelzine, tranylcypromine, and pargyline, but not nialamide.^[13][14][15] Pheniprazine, also known as α-methylphenethylhydrazine,^[1] is a phenethylamine, amphetamine, and hydrazine derivative. It is a close analogue of phenelzine (phenethylhydrazine) and amphetamine (α-methylphenethylamine) and can also be referred to by synonyms including amphetamine hydrazide,^[1] α-methylphenelzine, and N-aminoamphetamine. Metfendrazine (α,N-dimethylphenethylhydrazine; N-methylpheniprazine) is the corresponding methamphetamine (N-methylamphetamine) analogue. Pheniprazine is the generic name of the drug and its INNTooltip International Nonproprietary Name and BANTooltip British Approved Name.^[3] It is also known by the former developmental code name JB-516.^[3]