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Alfaxalone (INN also known as alphaxalone or alphaxolone) is a neurosteroid general anaesthetic.It is one of the constituents of althesin.It is used in veterinary practice under the tradename Alfaxan.It is licensed for use in both dogs and cats.[citation needed]Unlike some of its predecessors alfaxalone is not associated with histamine release and anaphylaxis.[citation needed]A study 1987 found the primary mechanism for the anaesthetic action of alfaxalone to be modulation of neuronal cell membrane chloride ion transport induced by binding of alfaxalone to GABAA cell surface receptors.A 1994 study found that alfaxalone binds to a different region of this receptor than the benzodiazepines.Alfaxalone is metabolised rapidly in the liver.
