1) Synthetic opioid
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Levorphanol l (Levo-Dromoran) is an opioid medication used to treat moderate to severe pain. Chemically it is (-)-3-hydroxy-N-methyl-morphinan. It is the levorotatory stereoisomer of the synthetic morphinan (Dromoran) and a pure opioid agonist, first described in Germany in 1948 as an orally active morphine-like analgesic. It has been in clinical ...
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(from the article `drug use`) ...as potent as morphine; alphaprodine (Nisentil) is one-fifth as potent as morphine but is rapid-acting; methadone, synthesized in Germany during ...
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/41
<chemical> A narcotic analgesic that may be habit-forming. It is nearly as effective orally as by injection. ... Pharmacological action: analgesics, opioid, narcotics. ... Chemical name: Morphinan-3-ol, 17-methyl- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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(lēv-or´fә-nol) a potent synthetic opioid analgesic with properties and actions similar to those of morphine; used as the bitartrate salt as an analgesic and an anesthesia adjunct, administered orally, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, or intravenously.
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