Diphenoxylate
"Diphenoxylate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A MEPERIDINE congener used as an antidiarrheal, usually in combination with ATROPINE. At high doses, it acts like morphine. Its unesterified metabolite difenoxin has similar properties and is used similarly. It has little or no analgesic activity.
| Descriptor ID |
D004157
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.066.399.300 D03.383.621.349.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Diphenoxylate Hydrochloride- Diphenoxylate Hydrochloride
- Hydrochloride, Diphenoxylate
- Diphenoxylate Monohydrochloride
- Monohydrochloride, Diphenoxylate
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