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Levorphanol: Revisiting an Underutilized Analgesic

Levorphanol (levo-3-hydroxy-N-methylmorphinan) is a step 3 opioid first developed in the 1940s as an alternative to morphine. Levorphanol belongs to the morphinan opioid series. Levorphanol has greater potency than morphine and is a potent N-methyl-d aspartate (NMDA) antagonist. Levorphanol interfer...

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Autor principal: Prommer, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4168847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25278763
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/PCRT.S13489