[canadianducky]

Hello All. I am trying to buy this medicine for my sick uncle. I am wondering if there is any difference between these two medicines Temodar and Temonat (why is there a 7 in front of the second one?? What does that mean? I just copied exactly the way it was printed, no dash just a space). Thanks so much, I really appreciate it, he really needs the right one.

3,4-dihydro-3-methyl-4-oxoimidazo[5,1-d]-as-tetrazine-8-carboxamide
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/archives/fdaDrugInfo.cfm?archiveid=8253

7 3,4-dihydro-3-methyl-4-oxoimidazo[5,1-d]-as-tetrazine-8-carboxamide
Formula listed here --http://www.irxmedicine.com/products/pdf/Temonat.pdf

[Ari Ben Canaan]

The 7,3,4 indicates the dihydro functional group is located on the 3rd,7th and 4th Carbon.

I could be wrong though, I'm just a High School Chemistry student

Even the smallest changes in molecules can cause them to act totally differently.

In my personal view, buy the medicine prescribed.

[MissPhosgene]

Talk to a doctor or a pharmacist. We cannot tell you which is the right medicine.

[Fluorine]

The 7,3,4 indicates the dihydro functional group is located on the 3rd,7th and 4th Carbon.

No, "dihydro" isn't a functional group and if it was in three places it'd be "3,4,7-trihydro" instead of* "7,3,4-dihydro". The "hydro" tells you where double bonds have become single bonds (unsaturated ---> saturated). If it says "di" it can't be 3,4,7 the 7 will be something else.

Compared furan with dihydrofuran, for example.

* or ---> of

[canadianducky]

Yea the thing is there is no comma after the 7. I don't know if that is a typo (lacking the comma), or the 7 could mean something else? I don't see any organic nomenclature with a number without a colon or comma, is that possible?

Thanks so much for your help so far.

[Fluorine]

They are the same thing, "TEMODAR Capsules for oral administration contain temozolomide" and "Temonant each capsule contains: Temozolomide". Make sure the milligrams are correct, or else the only difference should be by inactive ingredients (at least by U.S. FDA regulations).

[Hybrid]

it just an error they are just different generic of the same drug .

sure only the content of each capsules if your uncle take 5mg from one should get the same label for the alternate to fix the dose.

[MissPhosgene]

Still say go to a doc. I would not give someone a particular drug because of something found on the internet. Get verification, but not from here.

What if all the responses you get are wrong? Not saying they are, but I wouldn't hedge on anything, especially if someone is sick.

[AWK]

"7" is an evident printing error