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Organic Chemicals > Ketones > Methadone

Preferred term

Methadone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Amidone
  • Biodone
  • Dolophine
  • Hydrochloride, Methadone
  • Metadol
  • Metasedin
  • Methaddict
  • Methadone Hydrochloride
  • Methadose
  • Methex
  • Phenadone
  • Physeptone
  • Pinadone
  • Symoron

Note

  • for methadone maintenance treatment, coordinate with OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT

Scope note

  • A synthetic opioid that is used as the hydrochloride. It is an opioid analgesic that is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. It has actions and uses similar to those of MORPHINE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1082-3)

In other languages

  • metadoni

    Finnish

  • Dolmed
  • Methadone Martindale Pharma
  • methadonum
  • Metadon

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008691

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