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Analgesics, Opioid

Known as: OPIOID ANALGESICS, opioid analgesic, analgesics opioid 
Compounds with activity like OPIATE ALKALOIDS, acting at OPIOID RECEPTORS. Properties include induction of ANALGESIA or NARCOSIS.
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1 ML Nalbuphine Hydrochloride 10 MG/ML Injection10 ML Morphine Sulfate 1 MG/ML Injection24 HR tramadol hydrochloride 100 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet24 HR tramadol hydrochloride 200 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet [Ryzolt]
In BloodNarcoticsagonistsantagonists & inhibitors

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Structure-based discovery of opioid analgesics with reduced side effects
Morphine is an alkaloid from the opium poppy used to treat pain. The potentially lethal side effects of morphine and related… 
Review
2016
Review
2016
Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain--Misconceptions and Mitigation Strategies.
Chronic pain not caused by cancer is among the most prevalent and debilitating medical conditions but also among the most… 
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Trends in opioid analgesic abuse and mortality in the United States.
BACKGROUND The use of prescription opioid medications has increased greatly in the United States during the past two decades; in… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, Part II: OARSI evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Increasing deaths from opioid analgesics in the United States
Since 1990, numerous jurisdictions in the United States (US) have reported increases in drug poisoning mortality. During the same… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Direct decompressive surgical resection in the treatment of spinal cord compression caused by metastatic cancer: a randomised trial
Review
2000
Review
2000
Trends in medical use and abuse of opioid analgesics.
CONTEXT Pain often is inadequately treated due in part to reluctance about using opioid analgesics and fear that they will be… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Pharmacological mechanisms of opioid analgesics.
  • G. Pasternak
  • Clinical neuropharmacology
  • 1993
  • Corpus ID: 11563177
The description of multiple classes of opioid receptors has had a major impact on our understanding of the mechanisms of… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Opioid and nonopioid components independently contribute to the mechanism of action of tramadol, an 'atypical' opioid analgesic.
Tramadol hydrochloride produced dose-related antinociception in mouse abdominal constriction [ED50 = 1.9 (1.2-2.6) mg/kg i.p… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Grading the severity of chronic pain
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