[General pharmacology and secretion inhibitory action of (8r)-3alpha-hydroxy-8-isopropyl-1alphaH,5alphaH-tropanium bromide-(+/-)-tropate (ipratropiumbromide) (author's transl)].

(8r)-3alpha-Hydroxy-8-isopropyl-1alphaH,5alphaH-tropaniumbromide-(+/-)-tropate (ipratropiumbromide, Sch 1000) is a quaternary tropic acid tropane ester with pronounced anticholinergic activities (inhibition of secretion and spasmolysis). The effect of the substance of all parasympathetically innervated organs ist 1.4 to 2 times stronger than that of atropine. As an inhibitor of the secretion of free hydrochloric acid in the stomach it proved to be 5 times more effective than atropine. Central activities were not observed. The duration of action of Sch 1000 exceeds that of atropine by far.