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Dextropropoxyphene

"Dextropropoxyphene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A narcotic analgesic structurally related to METHADONE. Only the dextro-isomer has an analgesic effect; the levo-isomer appears to exert an antitussive effect.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dextropropoxyphene" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Dextropropoxyphene" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 8 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1993 and 1995 and 1997 and 2009 and 2010 and 2015 and 2016 and 2020
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