Meperidine / Pethidine
Pethidine is used in medicine to treat severe pain. It's an opioid, about ten times weaker than morphine. Effects of use, overdose and other are similar to effects typical for opioids and opiates.
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Trade
Trade & street names | meperidine, pethidine, isonipecaine, lidol, pethanol, piridosal |
Products | Among commercial products meperidine occurs in hydrochloride form as an ingredient of some medicaments, e.g.:
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Medical info
Class | narcotic, opioids |
Medical use | severe pain relieving |
Routes | oral, injection |
Effects of use | euphoria, analgesia, difficulty concentrating and confusion, decrease in psychomotor functions |
Effects of overdose | nausea, dry mouth, constipation, lightheadedness, twitchiness, muscular twitches, neurotic effects |
Withdrawal effects | ? |
Onset | very rapid |
Duration of action | 2-3 hours |
Chemistry
Chemical name | ethyl-1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylate |
Chemical formula | C15H21NO2 |
Molecular mass | 247.33 g/mol |
