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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Piperidines > Isonipecotic Acids > Meperidine
Heterocyclic Compounds > Acids, Heterocyclic > Isonipecotic Acids > Meperidine

Preferred term

Meperidine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Isonipecain
  • Pethidine

Scope note

  • A narcotic analgesic that can be used for the relief of most types of moderate to severe pain, including postoperative pain and the pain of labor. Prolonged use may lead to dependence of the morphine type; withdrawal symptoms appear more rapidly than with morphine and are of shorter duration.

History note

  • OPERIDINE was see MEPERIDINE 1978-91

In other languages

  • petidiini

    Finnish

  • meperidiini
  • Meperidin

    Swedish

  • Isonipekain
  • Meperidinhydroklorid
  • Petidin

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008614

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