Etifoxine hydrochloride (HOE 36-801 hydrochloride) is an anxiolytic and anticonvulsant drug. Unlike benzodiazepines, Etifoxine hydrochloride appears to produce its anxiolytic effects by binding to β2 and β3 subunits of the GABAA receptor complex, and so is acting at a different target site to benzodiazepines, although the physiological effect that is produced is similar to that of benzodiazepines.