PSYC-375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Eschscholzia Californica, Thebaine, Tramadol
11 Mar 2019
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Opioids can be divided into four broad categories of drugs: the first category comprises three natural compounds that are directly extracted from opium itself: morphine, codeine, and thebaine. Oxyneo): the fourth category comprises drugs that are not chemically related to any of the natural extracts of opium but rather are synthesized entirely in the laboratory. As a result, they are often referred to as synthetic opioids: examples include methadone, meperidine (brand name: demerol), tramadol (brand name: ultram), and buprenorphine (brand names: Opium in history: method of harvesting of raw opium that has not changed much in more than. 3000 years. takes place today in remote villages of myanmar (formerly burma), laos, Chemical modifications of fentanyl, anywhere from 10 to a 1000 times stronger than heroin, were sold under the common name china white. Therefore, maintaining a relatively constant heroin high often requires three or four administrations in a given day individual"s first-time experience with heroin may be considerably unpleasant.
