[Latest] How old is Venlafaxine now?

Living Person

Venlafaxine
is

As of April 17, 2026

33 years old
approximately!

Date of Birth

(1993 ) is

Rooster
Year

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Moon

approx. 446.2 years old

Mercury

approx. 138.6 years old

Venus

approx. 54.3 years old

Mars

approx. 17.7 years old

Jupiter

approx. 2.8 years old

Saturn

approx. 1.1 years old

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Venlafaxine
Clinical data

Pronunciation	/ˌvɛnləˈfæksiːn/ ven-lə-FAK-seen
Trade names	Effexor, others
AHFS/Drugs.com	Monograph
MedlinePlus	a694020
License data	US DailyMed: Venlafaxine
Pregnancy category	AU: B2
Routes of administration	Oral
Drug class	Serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor
ATC code	N06AX16 (WHO)
Legal status
Legal status	AU: S4 (Prescription only) BR: Class C1 (Other controlled substances) CA: ℞-only UK: POM (Prescription only) US: ℞-only EU: Rx-only
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability	42±15%
Protein binding	27±2% (parent compound), 30±12% (active metabolite, desvenlafaxine)
Metabolism	Extensively metabolised by the liver, primarily via CYP2D6
Metabolites	O-desmethylvenlafaxine (ODV), see desvenlafaxine
Elimination half-life	5±2 h (parent compound for immediate release preparations), 15±6 h (parent compound for extended-release preparations), 11±2 h (active metabolite)
Excretion	Kidney (87%; 5% as unchanged drug; 29% as desvenlafaxine and 53% as other metabolites)
Identifiers
IUPAC name (RS)-1-[2-dimethylamino-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-ethyl]cyclohexanol
CAS Number	93413-69-5 as HCl: 99300-78-4
PubChem CID	5656 as HCl: 62923
DrugBank	DB00285 as HCl: DBSALT000186
ChemSpider	5454 as HCl: 56641
UNII	GRZ5RCB1QG as HCl: 7D7RX5A8MO
KEGG	D08670 as HCl: D00821
ChEBI	CHEBI:9943 as HCl: CHEBI:9944
ChEMBL	ChEMBL637 as HCl: ChEMBL1201066
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID6023737
ECHA InfoCard	100.122.418
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C₁₇H₂₇NO₂
Molar mass	277.408 g·mol
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
Chirality	Racemic mixture
SMILES OC2(C(c1ccc(OC)cc1)CN(C)C)CCCCC2
InChI InChI=1S/C17H27NO2/c1-18(2)13-16(17(19)11-5-4-6-12-17)14-7-9-15(20-3)10-8-14/h7-10,16,19H,4-6,11-13H2,1-3H3 Key:PNVNVHUZROJLTJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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