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Definition of Naloxone
1. Noun. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
Definition of Naloxone
1. Noun. A drug used to counter the effects of an overdose on opioids (such as heroin or morphine). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Naloxone
1. a chemical compound [n -S]
Medical Definition of Naloxone
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Naloxone
Literary usage of Naloxone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventing HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in High Risk Countries by Institute of Medicine (U.S.), National Academies Press (U.S. (2007)
"When the combination tablet is taken sublingually as prescribed, all the
buprenorphine but very little naloxone is absorbed, so the naloxone does not have ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Single intravenous doses of naloxone are effective in antagonizing opiates for 3
... The outstanding characteristics of naloxone were its specificity as an ..."
3. Laam in the Treatment of Opiate Addiction: A Treatment Improvement Protocal edited by Sandra Clunies (1999)
"D—Drugs: Use naloxone if needed (an opioid antagonist) to counter the effects of
LAAM. In the standard treatment of overdose, naloxone may be administered. ..."
4. Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse Research (1991): The Third Triennial Report to edited by MaryLouise Embrey, Christine R. Hartel (1999)
"Purified human T lymphocytes have a specific binding site for naloxone, ...
naloxone is partially displaceable by a variety of opiate agonists, ..."
5. Guidelines for Treatment of Cancer Pain (1993)
"One 0.4 mg ampule of naloxone diluted in 10 ml of normal saline should be slowly
... This infusion may need to be repeated because naloxone is a relatively ..."
6. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"with no history of alcoholism, we employed opioid receptor blockade with
naloxone (Wand et al. 1998). The impact of opioid blockade by naloxone was ..."
7. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"This implies that parenteral naloxone has a much greater potency than oral ...
We examined the relative potency of im naloxone and im naltrexone for ..."
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