Dimethylaminopivalophenone is an
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 use ...
analgesic with a potency ½ that of
morphine
Morphine is a strong opiate that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin in poppies (''Papaver somniferum''). It is mainly used as a pain medication, and is also commonly used recreationally, or to make other illicit opioids. T ...
. It was initially discovered by Russian scientists in 1954 and subsequently rediscovered in the US in 1969. Its
LD50 in mice is 83 mg/kg.
It has never been marketed commercially.
See also
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Tapentadol
Tapentadol, brand names Nucynta among others, is a centrally acting opioid analgesic of the benzenoid class with a dual mode of action as an agonist of the μ-opioid receptor and as a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (NRI). Analgesia occurs wit ...
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List of opioids
This is a list of opioids, opioid antagonists and inverse agonists.
Opium and poppy straw derivatives
Crude opiate extracts whole opium products
* B&O Supprettes
* Diascordium
*Dover's powder
* Kendal Black Drop
*Laudanum
*Mithridate
*Op ...
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Opioid#Table of non-morphinan opioids
References
Mu-opioid receptor agonists
Aromatic ketones
Dimethylamino compounds
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