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Record 1 2018-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

[A] synthetic narcotic that has opiatelike activities but is not derived from opium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Narcotique de synthèse dont l'activité ressemble à celle des opiacés, mais qui n'est pas dérivé de l'opium.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
CONT

Por opioide entenderemos a todas las sustancias que siendo derivadas o no del opio, actúan sobre los receptores opioides, como lo serán los fármacos sintéticos que actúan sobre los receptores opioides produciendo analgesia, evidentemente sin ser derivados del opio.

CONT

La metadona es un opiode, es decir, un narcótico sintético de acción parecida a los opiáceos (morfina, etcétera), pero que no deriva del opio.

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