Meperidine is a totally synthetic OPIOID analgesic (painkiller) with a structure quite distinct from MORPHINE, a natural OPIATE. Unlike morphine's rigid fused ring structures, the structure of meperidine is flexible; it is a phenylpiperidine and...

Also known as MEPERIDINE, this is a synthetic compound with properties similar to MORPHINE. See also:...

OFFICIAL NAMES: Meperidine, meperidine hydrochloride, Demerol, Pethidine STREET NAMES: Demmies DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS: Schedule II, narcotic Meperidine is a synthetic, opioid analgesic. An analgesic is any drug or substance that, when ingested or...

Pethidine (INN) or meperidine (USAN) (also referred to as: isonipecaine; lidol; pethanol; piridosal; Algil®; Alodan®; Centralgin®; Demerol®; Dispadol®; Dolantin®; Petidin® Dolargan® (in Poland);[1] Dolestine®; Dolosal®; Dolsin®; Mefedina®)...

For those who believe that in the hours before childbirth a woman needs all the (chemical) help she can get, things are looking bleak. Pethidine, a drug widely used during labour and second only in popularity to gas and air, is totally ineffective as...

SUMMARY A young patient had unexpected and prolonged postoperative delirium apparently associated with morphine-induced biliary colic. Naloxone had no therapeutic effect, but a small dose of pethidine produced a dramatic return to lucidity. Unrecognized biliary spasm should be considered as a cause of...