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OPIACE [3 records]

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Record 1 2025-03-25

English

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

Opiates are derived from the naturally occurring poppy plant (Papaver somniferum) that creates the active ingredient in the drugs. Common opiates include opium, heroin, morphine and codeine.

OBS

Not to be confused with the designation "opioid" used to refer only to synthetic opiate-like substances or with the designation "opioid" used to refer to the natural, semisynthetic or synthetic substances that typically bind to the same cell receptors as opium and produce similar narcotic effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

Les opiacés sont des dérivés de l'opium extrait de la graine de pavot, de la famille des Papaveracées, Papaver somniferum var album.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec la désignation «opioïde» utilisée pour désigner uniquement des substances synthétiques ou avec les désignations «opioïde» et «opiacé» utilisées pour désigner l'ensemble des substances naturelles, semi-synthétiques ou synthétiques qui se lient aux mêmes récepteurs que l'opium et qui produisent des effets narcotiques semblables.

Spanish

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

Sustancia derivada del opio.

CONT

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

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Record 2 2025-03-25

English

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

A natural, semisynthetic, or synthetic substance that typically binds to the same cell receptors as opium and produces similar narcotic effects ...

OBS

opioid: Not to be confused with the designation "opioid" used to refer only to synthetic opiate-like substances.

OBS

Not to be confused with the designation "opiate" which refers to opium and to naturally occuring substances derived from opium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Substance naturelle, semi-synthétique ou synthétique qui se lie aux mêmes récepteurs que l'opium et qui produit des effets narcotiques semblables.

OBS

opioïde : Ne pas confondre avec la désignation «opioïde» utilisée pour désigner uniquement des substances synthétiques.

OBS

opiacé : Ne pas confondre avec la désignation «opiacé» utilisée pour désigner uniquement l'opium et les substances naturelles dérivées de l'opium.

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-03-24

English

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

[That] contains opium or any of its derivatives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Qui contient de l'opium [ou] un dérivé de l'opium.

Spanish

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