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levorphanol /le·vor·pha·nol/ (le-vor´fah-nol) an opioid analgesic with properties and actions similar to those of morphine; used as the bitartrate salt as an analgesic and an anesthesia adjunct.

levorphanol [lēv-or´fah-nol]

a potent synthetic opioid analgesic with properties and actions similar to those of morphine; used as the bitartrate salt as an analgesic and an anesthesia adjunct, administered orally, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, or intravenously.

levorphanol

a potent, synthetic, narcotic analgesic. The tartrate form is used.

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Analgesics, Opioid controlled drug substance Delsym dextromethorphan hydrobromide levallorphan Levo-Dromoran levorphanol tartrate			TAMPA -- Levorphanol appears to be an attractive option for the treatment of refractory pain that does not respond to other opioids, based on a case series of 31 patients presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. When other opioids fail, consider levorphanol for refractory pain by Wachter, Kerri / Clinical Psychiatry News placebo Rowbotham 03 (22) 43/38 High-dose levorphanol vs. Opioids for chronic nonterminal pain by Ballantyne, Jane C. / Southern Medical Journal Dextromethorphan is a prodrug converted to the d-isomer of levorphanol, a semisynthetic morphine derivative, which noncompetitively antagonizes N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, and possibly also affects serotonin receptors. Abuse of dextromethorphan is 'rampant' among teens by Kirn, Timothy F. / Clinical Psychiatry News			levobunolol hydrochloride levobupivacaine levocabastine levocabastine HCl levocardia levocarnitine levocetirizine levoclination levodopa levodopa-carbidopa levoduction levofloxacin levogyration levomethadyl levomethadyl acetate HCl levonordefrin Levonorgestel levonorgestrel levonorgestrel implant levonorgestrol Levophed Levophed Bitartrate levopropoxyphene levorotation levorotatory levorphanol levorphanol tartrate levosimendan levothyroxine levothyroxine sodium levotorsion levoversion Levoxyl levulose levulosemia levulosuria Lewis Blood Group System Lewis diagram Lewisite Lewy bodies Lexapro Lexiva lexor retinaculum of the hand Lexotan Lexxel ley Leyden-Möbius muscular dystrophy Leydig Leydig cell Leydig cell hyperplasia Leydig cell tumor			Levonelle Levonelle Levonordefrin Levonorgestel levonorgestrel levonorgestrel levonorgestrel implant levonorgestrol Levophed Levophed Levophed Levophed Bitartrate levophobia Levopropoxyphene Levopropoxyphene napsylate Levoquin levorotary levorotary levorotary levorotary levorotation levorotation levorotation levorotations levorotations levorotations levorotatory levorotatory levorotatory levorotatory enantiomer levorphanol levorphanol tartrate Levos Levos Levos Levosalbutamol Levoscoliosis Levoscoliosis Levoscoliosis Levosimendan Levothroid Levothyro Levothyroid Levothyrox Levothyroxine levothyroxine sodium levothyroxine sodium Levotirox levotorsion Levotrix levotropic cleavage levoversion levoversion Levoxyl Levret's forceps Levret's forceps Levret's forceps levs levs levs Levs disease

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