"Meperidine" 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 that can be used for the relief of most types of moderate to severe pain, including postoperative pain and the pain of labor. Prolonged use may lead to dependence of the morphine type; withdrawal symptoms appear more rapidly than with morphine and are of shorter duration.
| Descriptor ID |
D008614
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.066.399.450 D03.383.621.349.450
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meperidine" by people in Profiles.
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Effects of carbon dioxide insufflation in esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection. Hepatogastroenterology. 2012 May; 59(115):734-7.
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Safety of percutaneous liver biopsy in infants less than three months old. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Nov; 41(5):639-43.
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CYP2B6, CYP3A4, and CYP2C19 are responsible for the in vitro N-demethylation of meperidine in human liver microsomes. Drug Metab Dispos. 2004 Sep; 32(9):930-6.
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Can a pain management and palliative care curriculum improve the opioid prescribing practices of medical residents? J Gen Intern Med. 2002 Aug; 17(8):625-31.
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Successful treatment of normeperidine neurotoxicity by hemodialysis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2000 Jan; 35(1):146-9.
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Subjective, psychomotor, and physiological effects of cumulative doses of opioid mu agonists in healthy volunteers. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1999 Jun; 289(3):1454-64.
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Postcesarean analgesia with both epidural morphine and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia: neurobehavioral outcomes among nursing neonates. Anesth Analg. 1997 Sep; 85(3):600-6.
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Subjective, behavioral and physiological responses to intravenous meperidine in healthy volunteers. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 1993; 111(3):306-14.
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Nalbuphine vs. meperidine in sickle cell anemia. DICP. 1990 Jul-Aug; 24(7-8):781-2.
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Neurotoxicity of meperidine. Ann Emerg Med. 1985 Oct; 14(10):1007-9.