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Status:
US Approved Rx (2017)
First approved in 1984

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Naltrexone is marketed as its hydrochloride salt, naltrexone hydrochloride, under the trade names Revia and Depade. A once-monthly extended-release injectable formulation is marketed under the trade name Vivitrol. VIVITROL is indicated for the treatm...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1997)
First approved in 1978

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Butorphanol is a synthetic opioid agonist-antagonist analgesic with a pharmacological and therapeutic profile that has been well established since its launch as a parenteral formulation in 1978. The introduction of a transnasal formulation of butorph...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1997)
First approved in 1967

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Conditions:

Pentazocine is a synthetically prepared prototypical mixed agonist-antagonist narcotic (opioid analgesic) drug of the benzomorphan class of opioids used to treat moderate to moderately severe pain. Pentazocine is sold under several brand names, such ...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2021)
First approved in 1953

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Levorphanol, brand name Levo-Dromoran, is an opioid medication used to treat moderate to severe pain. Levorphanol is indicated for the management of moderate to severe pain where an opioid analgesic is appropriate. It is a potent synthetic opioid mu-...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2000)
First approved in 1950

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Oxycodone is a semisynthetic opioid used for the management of acute and chronic pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternative treatments are inadequate. Oxycodone is a highly selective full agonist of the μ-opioid recep...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2018)
First approved in 1943

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Benzhydrocodone is a prodrug of hydrocodone. Benzhydrocodone is formed by covalently bonding hydrocodone to benzoic acid. Benzhydrocodone itself is not pharmacologically active, but must be metabolized to hydrocodone by enzymes in the intestinal trac...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2013)
First marketed in 1827

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Morphine is one of the most important and widely used opioid for the treatment of chronic and acute pain: the very wide interindividual variability in the patients’ response to the drug may have genetic derivations. Sulphate salt of morphine sold und...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)

Oxilorphan (also known as levo-BC-2605) was developed as a long-acting, narcotic antagonist that has agonist properties. Oxilorphan is a partial agonist at the kappa-opioid receptor and antagonist of the mu-opioid receptor. During clinical trials, ox...
Status:
Other

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)

Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1956

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Levallorphan (brand name Lorfan), is an opiate antagonist of morphine family. Levallorphan was formerly used in general anesthesia, mainly to reverse the respiratory depression produced by opioid analgesics and barbiturates used for induction of surg...