Methyldesorphine
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Methyldesorphine is an opioid
analgesic. First synthesized in Germany in 1940 and patented in the USA in 1952, it has a high potential for abuse as with any potent opioid agonist, and is sometimes found along with desomorphine
as a component of the home-made opioid mixture known as "Krokodil" used in Russia and the neighboring former Soviet republics. It is approximately 15 times more potent than morphine as an analgesic but if the 6-7 bond is saturated, the β isomer is some 50 times more potent than morphine.
Opioid
An opioid is a psychoactive chemical that works by binding to opioid receptors, which are found principally in the central and peripheral nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract...
analgesic. First synthesized in Germany in 1940 and patented in the USA in 1952, it has a high potential for abuse as with any potent opioid agonist, and is sometimes found along with desomorphine
Desomorphine
Desomorphine is an opiate analogue invented in 1932 in the United States that is a derivative of morphine, where the 6-hydroxyl group has been removed and the 7,8 double bond has been saturated. It has sedative and analgesic effects, and is around 8-10 times more potent than morphine...
as a component of the home-made opioid mixture known as "Krokodil" used in Russia and the neighboring former Soviet republics. It is approximately 15 times more potent than morphine as an analgesic but if the 6-7 bond is saturated, the β isomer is some 50 times more potent than morphine.