Opium [opium]
- Terms
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omnopon
pantopon
papaveretum
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Omnopon
Pantopon
Papaveretum
The air-dried exudate from the unripe seed capsule of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, or its variant, P. album. It contains a number of alkaloids, but only a few - MORPHINE; CODEINE; and PAPAVERINE - have clinical significance. Opium has been used as an analgesic, antitussive, antidiarrheal, and antispasmodic.
- Annotation
- OPIUM DEPENDENCE is also available
- DUI
- D009892 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0015344
- History note
- PANTOPON was see under OPIUM 1963-79
- Online note
- use OPIUM to search PANTOPON 1966-79
- Public note
- PANTOPON was see under OPIUM 1963-79
Allowable subheadings
- AD
- administration & dosage 11
- AE
- adverse effects 13
- AG
- agonists
- AA
- analogs & derivatives 18
- AN
- analysis 4
- AI
- antagonists & inhibitors 3
- BL
- blood 1
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CS
- chemical synthesis
- CH
- chemistry 1
- CL
- classification
- EC
- economics
- HI
- history 17
- IM
- immunology
- IP
- isolation & purification 1
- ME
- metabolism 3
- PK
- pharmacokinetics 1
- PD
- pharmacology 10
- PO
- poisoning 1
- RE
- radiation effects
- ST
- standards
- SD
- supply & distribution 4
- TU
- therapeutic use 16
- TO
- toxicity 1
- UR
- urine
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