Concept information
Preferred term
Diphenoxylate
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Diphenoxylate Hydrochloride
- Hydrochloride, Diphenoxylate
Scope note
- A MEPERIDINE congener used as an antidiarrheal, usually in combination with ATROPINE. At high doses, it acts like morphine. Its unesterified metabolite difenoxin has similar properties and is used similarly. It has little or no analgesic activity.
History note
- 91(75); was see under ISONIPECOTIC ACIDS 1975-90
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004157
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