codeine 的定义
Pharmacology.
- a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C18H21NO3, obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
codeine 近义词
等同于 opium
更多codeine例句
- “Well, it’s codeine,” the doctor replied, according to Parker.
- Parker, who is 34, was transported to the hospital in an ambulance and was given a week’s worth of the opiate codeine as part of his treatment.
- Some metabolize codeine quite poorly and have inadequate pain control as a result.
- Codeine should not have been prescribed for these patients because its metabolism in children varies widely from person to person.
- Hundreds of thousands of kids were given codeine during ER visits from 2001 to 2010, despite warnings of its danger.
- Because of the wide variability in codeine metabolism, its use as a cough suppressant is not recommended.
- “Junk,” we learn, refers to opium and its derivatives: morphine, heroin, pantopon, Dilaudid, codeine.
- In 1832 Robiquet discovered codeine; and in 1833 atropine, aconitine, and hyoscyamine were distinguished by Geiger and Hesse.
- Other salts of Codeine are not described because used substantially as the above.
- Morphine is the chief active principle, and codeine and heroin are the chief derivatives of morphine.
- Codeine is one eighth the strength of morphine; heroin is three times as strong as morphine.
- Codeine is a mild hypnotic which may be used in doses about twice as large as those of morphine.