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Definition: 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.

opium addiction: coord IM with OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS (IM)
Pharmacological Action Analgesics, Opioid; Antidiarrheals; Antitussive Agents; Narcotics
See Also Opiate Alkaloids

Other names Papaveretum; Omnopon; Roche Brand of Papaveretum; Pantopon

Substance	CAS Registry & name	Categories	Source
papaveretum-hyoscine	127060-78-0	Opium Scopolamine Hydrobromide Drug Combinations.	Anesthesiology 1989;71(4):489
Parepectolin	0	Kaolin Opium *Pectins Drug Combinations.	JAMA 1984;252(23):3251
paregoric	8029-99-0	Opium. Pharma Action* Antidiarrheals	Clin Perinatol Symp Drug Ther Neonate 2(1):99;1975; Int J Clin Pharmacol Biopharm 12(1/2):19;1975; Int J Clin Pharmacol Biopharm 12(1/2):63;1975; J Pediatr 91(4):638;1977; J Pediatr 92(6):10312;1978; J Pharm Sci 65(11):1697;1976; JAMA 222(11):1414;1972
chlorodyne	8031-56-9 Chlorodyne	Opium Chloroform *Morphine Drug Combinations.	Br Med J 1(905):427;1974
laudanosine	2688-77-9	Isoquinolines Opium. Pharma Action* Central Nervous System Agents	J Org Chem 41(15):2548;1976; J Pharm Sci 60(11):1672;1971

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