| nalbuphine | <chemical> A narcotic used as a pain medication. It appears to be an agonist at kappa opioid receptors and an antagonist or partial agonist at mu opioid receptors. Pharmacological action: analgesics, opioid, narcotic antagonists, narcotics. Chemical name: Morphinan-3,6,14-triol, 17-(cyclobutylmethyl)-4,5-epoxy-, (5alpha,6alpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |
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| nalbuphine hydrochloride | 17-(Cyclobutylmethyl)4,5a-epoxymorphinan-3,6a,14-triol hydrochloride;a synthetic opioid analgesic chemically related to oxymorphone, a narcotic, and to naloxone, a narcotic antagonist, with both agonist and antagonist narcotic properties. (05 Mar 2000) |