meperidine in English

noun
1
a synthetic compound used as a painkilling drug, especially for women in labor.
Although narcotics such as codeine, morphine and meperidine are effective in suppressing pain, they do nothing to treat its underlying cause, and they have the side effects of dependence and disorientation.

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1. Correlation of opiate receptor affinity with Analgetic effects of meperidine homologues

2. He is a drug addict, hooked on a mix of cocaine and meperidine.

3. ‘The general Analeptic properties of PHYS have been explored in postanesthesia patients who underwent surgery.’ More example sentences ‘Others view meperidine as inappropriate because the metabolite if meperidine, normeperidine, causes Analeptic activity …

4. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of meperidine alone and of meperidine-supplemented nitrous oxide anaesthesia on adrenocortical function, as judged by their influence on plasma free Cortisol levels in 30 patients undergoing operation.

5. Diazepam and meperidine were compared in a double-blind study for preoperative medication in 250 children undergoing tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies.

6. Vascular absorption of meperidine from the epidural venous plexus is the most probable explanation for this case of early respiratory depression.

7. The affinity for opiate receptor sites in brain tissue in a series of N-substituted meperidine homologues has been compared with the Analgetic potency of these compounds in mice

8. Treatment for Colic depends on the cause and is aimed at relief of symptoms; it often includes the administration of a muscle relaxant such as atropine and, occasionally, meperidine hydrochloride (marketed as Demerol™).

9. In conformity with its relatively insufficient sedative effect, meperidine administered intramuscularly (2 mg/kg) one hour prior to induction of anaesthesia did not inhibit adrenocortical stimulation due to emotional stress.