Meperidine

Introduction: Meperidine

Description of Meperidine

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Meperidine -- Teratogenic Agent:
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Meperidine: A narcotic analgesic that can be used for the relief of most types of moderate to severe pain, including postoperative pain and the pain of labor. Prolonged use may lead to dependence of the morphine type; withdrawal symptoms appear more rapidly than with morphine and are of shorter duration.
Source: Diseases Database

Meperidine: synthetic narcotic analgesic used where a relatively short duration of analgesia is desired; abuse of this drug may lead to dependence.
Source: CRISP

Meperidine: A narcotic analgesic that can be used for the relief of most types of moderate to severe pain, including postoperative pain and the pain of labor. Prolonged use may lead to dependence of the morphine type; withdrawal symptoms appear more rapidly than with morphine and are of shorter duration.
Source: MeSH 2007

Meperidine: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Meperidine:

• Narcotic
• Analgesic
• Analgesic syndrome
• Can
• Relief
• Pain (6458 causes)
• Pain symptoms (6458 causes)
• Pain disorder
• Pain syndrome

Drug name confusion

Because many drug names share similar spellings or sound almost identical when spoken, it is possible to mistake the name of a particular medication. Other drugs that are sometimes confused with Meperidine include:

• Meprobamate

Meperidine as a Disease

Meperidine: Another name for Meperidine -- Teratogenic Agent (or close medical condition association).
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  »Symptoms of Meperidine -- Teratogenic Agent

Meperidine: Related Diseases

Meperidine: Meperidine is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Pregnancy-related conditions
• Teratogen-related conditions
• Drug-related conditions

Symptoms of Meperidine (Meperidine -- Teratogenic Agent)

Some of the symptoms of Meperidine incude:

• Extra digits
• Hypospadias

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Terms associated with Meperidine:

Terms Similar to Meperidine:

• Pethidine

Source: Diseases Database

• Isonipecain
• Pethidine

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Meperidine:

• Promedol

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Meperidine

• Isonipecotic Acids

Source - MeSH 2007

• analgesic
• piperidine

Source - CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Meperidine

The following list attempts to classify Meperidine into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Acids, Heterocyclic
    • Isonipecotic Acids
      • Meperidine

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
    • Piperidines
      • Isonipecotic Acids
        • Meperidine

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• eMedicine - Toxicity, Narcotics : Article by Everett Stephens, MD
• RxMed: Pharmaceutical Information - DEMEROL
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Source: Diseases Database

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