Betamethadol (

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), or β-methadol, also known as betametadol, is a synthetic

opioid Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects. Medically they are primarily used for pain relief, including anesthesia. Other medical uses include suppression of diarrhea, replacement therapy for opioid us ...

analgesic An analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic (American English), analgaesic (British English), pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve relief from pain (that is, analgesia or pain management). It ...

. It is an

isomer In chemistry, isomers are molecules or polyatomic ions with identical molecular formulae – that is, same number of atoms of each element – but distinct arrangements of atoms in space. Isomerism is existence or possibility of isomers. Iso ...

dimepheptanol Dimepheptanol (International nonproprietary name, INN; Amidol, Pangerin), also known as methadol or racemethadol, is a Chemical synthesis, synthetic opioid analgesic related to methadone. It has similar effects to other opioids, including Analge ...

(methadol), the other being

alphamethadol Alphamethadol ( INN), or α-methadol, also known as alfametadol, is a synthetic opioid analgesic. It is an isomer of dimepheptanol (methadol), the other being betamethadol (β-methadol). Alphamethadol is composed of two isomers itself, L-α-met ...

(α-methadol). Betamethadol is composed of two isomers itself, L-β-methadol, and D-β-methadol. Based on structure-activity relationships it can be inferred that both isomers are likely to be

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as opioid analgesics, similarly to those of

betacetylmethadol Betacetylmethadol is a Chemical synthesis, synthetic opioid. It is a diastereoisomer of alphacetylmethadol (as well as levacetylmethadol). In the United States, betacetylmethadol is a List of Schedule I drugs (US), Schedule I drug Narcotic under ...

(β-acetylmethadol).

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Secondary alcohols Dimethylamino compounds Analgesics Mu-opioid receptor agonists Synthetic opioids {{analgesic-stub

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