Demerol - Meperidine hydrochloride

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Demerol (Meperidine hydrochloride). Sanofi-Aventis US LLC. US Prescribing information, July 2007,... 

Less potent opioids have fallen into disfavor because of the prominence of the untoward effects they produce when given in high doses. Meperidine hydrochloride (Demerol) causes tachycardia, while morphine produces hypotension and bronchoconstriction as a consequence of its histamine-releasing action. 

Meperidine hydrochloride (l-methyl-4-carbethoxy-4-phenylpiperidine), also known as Demerol, is an important narcotic and analgesic. It is not made from piperidine, but rather by ring-closure reactions of appropriate precursors,... 

OFFICIAL NAMES Meperidine, meperidine hydrochloride, Demerol, Pethidine STREET NAMES Demmies DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS Schedule II, narcotic... 

Demerol , 100 mg (meperidine hydrochloride). Front (left) and back views. 

Fentanyl transdermal system Duragesic Meperidine hydrochloride Demerol... 

Meperidine (isonipecaine, Demerol , and Dolantin ) is the methyl ester of methyl-4-phenylpi-peridine-4 carboxylic acid. It is used in the form of its soluble hydrochloride. The piperidine nucleus is also present in many alkaloids, such as atropine or lobeline, which are not analgesics, as well as in morphine. 

It has been discovered that there can be even further simplification in the structure of morphinelike analgesics. One such simplification is represented by meperidine, the hydrochloride salt of which is the widely used analgesic Demerol . 

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