1) Kavrin 2) Muscle relaxant 3) Used to relax smooth muscles
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1) Kavrin
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• (n.) An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
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(from the article `drug use`) ...grows naturally throughout most of Asia Minor. Of the 20 or more alkaloids found in opium, only a few are pharmacologically active. The important ...
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(pә-pav´әr-in) an alkaloid obtained from opium or prepared synthetically; the hydrochloride salt has been used as a smooth muscle relaxant and vasodilator to relieve arterial spasms causing cerebral, peripheral, or myocardial ischemia and is also injected into the penis in the diagnosis and treatment of erec...
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Constituent of opium that acts as a smooth muscle relaxant probably by blocking membrane calcium channels and inhibiting phosphodiesterase.
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Pa·pav'er·ine noun (Chemistry) An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pă-pav′ĕr-ēn Definitions: 1. A nonnarcotic benzylisoquinoline alkaloid of opium that has mild analgesic action and is a powerful spasmolytic; has been used to treat male impotence by local injection, which works by inhibiting phosphodiesterase in smooth muscle cells. Also available as papaverine hydroc...
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n] - an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium
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papaverine A white, crystalline, nonnarcotic, alkaloidal powder, obtained from opium, but not a morphine derivative and not habit-forming or addicting; used in the treatment of spasms of involuntary muscles; especially, of the stomach, bronchi, and arteries.
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Kavrin noun an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive
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