It is not currently used in medicine but has been researched as the basis for a potential new generation of alpha-2 agonist drugs, which may have selectivity for the different subtypes of the alpha-2 receptor.
On trenutno nema medicinsku primenu, ali je istraživan kao baza za potencijalno novu generaciju alfa-2 agonistnih lekova, koji mogu da budu selektivni za različite podtipove alfa-2 receptora.