Is morphine-3-glucuronide of therapeutic relevance?

Pain

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-180

  Skarke, Carsten ^a   Geisslinger, Gerd ^a   Lötsch, Jörn ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphine; Morphine 3 glucuronide; Opioid effects; Opioid metabolites

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; MORPHINE 3 GLUCURONIDE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANTINOCICEPTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHORIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERVENTILATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NAUSEA; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH PAIN; TASTE DISORDER;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERVENTILATION; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; PAIN;

EID: 21844454213     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.06.006     Document Type: Review

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