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DB11490ExperimentalVet approvedSmall molecule
Nalorphine is a mixed opioid agonist–antagonist. It acts at two opioid receptors—at the mu receptor it has antagonistic effects, and at the kappa receptors it exerts high-efficacy agonistic characteristics. It... It is used to reverse opioid overdose and (starting in the 1950s) in a challenge test to determine opioid dependence.
- Primary indication
- Used to reverse opioid overdose.Curator reviewed
- Formula / weight
- C19H21NO3 · 311.381 g/mol (avg)
Resolves to
Clinical / RWD
Structure
InChIKey
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1Protein targetEach mapped to UniProt, with action and pharmacological action
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Which drugs share a target with Nalorphine, and which of those have an active Phase 3 trial?