codeine
PubChem Notes:
Codeine An opioid analgesic related to MORPHINE but with less potent analgesic properties and mild sedative effects. It also acts centrally to suppress cough.
MediLexicon codeine - Medical Dictionary Definition for Term 'codeine'
[1. Alkaloid obtained from opium, which contains 0.7–2.5%, but usually made from morphine. Used as an analgesic and antitussive; drug dependence (physical and psychic) may develop, but codeine is less liable to produce addiction than morphine; codeine is biotransformed to morphine, which accounts for most of codeine's effects.
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