Pharmacologic Substance
nalorphine
nal·or·phine [ nal-awr-feen, nal-er-feen ]
Subclass of:
Morphinans
Definitions related to nalorphine:
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A narcotic antagonist with some agonist properties. It is an antagonist at mu opioid receptors and an agonist at kappa opioid receptors. Given alone it produces a broad spectrum of unpleasant effects and it is considered to be clinically obsolete.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Narcotic antagonist with some agonist properties; an antagonist at mu opioid receptors and an agonist at kappa opioid receptors.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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