 Opium
"Opium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The air-dried exudate from the unripe seed capsule of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, or its variant, P. album. It contains a number of alkaloids, but only a few - MORPHINE; CODEINE; and PAPAVERINE - have clinical significance. Opium has been used as an analgesic, antitussive, antidiarrheal, and antispasmodic.
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D009892
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D20.215.784.500.534
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Samarghandian S, Shirazi FM, Saeedi F, Roshanravan B, Pourbagher-Shahri AM, Khorasani EY, Farkhondeh T, Aaseth JO, Abdollahi M, Mehrpour O. A systematic review of clinical and laboratory findings of lead poisoning: lessons from case reports. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2021 10 15; 429:115681.
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Nakhaee S, Ghasemi S, Karimzadeh K, Zamani N, Alinejad-Mofrad S, Mehrpour O. The effects of opium on the cardiovascular system: a review of side effects, uses, and potential mechanisms. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2020 04 17; 15(1):30.
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Mirzaei SMM, Akbari A, Mehrpour O, Zamani N. Lead Toxicity due to Ingestion of Lead-Contaminated Opium in a Patient Presenting with Motor Neuropathy and Upper Limb Paresis: A case report. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2018 Nov; 18(4):e529-e532.
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Nakhaee S, Mehrpour O. The transition of lead and microbial contamination from adulterated opium to the human body. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2019 04; 15(4):259-260.
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Soroosh D, Neamatshahi M, Zarmehri B, Nakhaee S, Mehrpour O. Drug-induced prolonged corrected QT interval in patients with methadone and opium overdose. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2019 02 20; 14(1):8.
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Alinejad S, Aaseth J, Abdollahi M, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Mehrpour O. Clinical Aspects of Opium Adulterated with Lead in Iran: A Review. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2018 Jan; 122(1):56-64.
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Mehrpour O, Sezavar SV. Diagnostic imaging in body packers. Mayo Clin Proc. 2012 Jul; 87(7):e53-4.
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Agthe AG, Kim GR, Mathias KB, Hendrix CW, Chavez-Valdez R, Jansson L, Lewis TR, Yaster M, Gauda EB. Clonidine as an adjunct therapy to opioids for neonatal abstinence syndrome: a randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics. 2009 May; 123(5):e849-56.
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Kaess A, Mathis C. [Assay of pharmaceutical preparations by functional thin-layer chromatography. II. Preparations containing opium and Rauwolfia alkaloids]. Ann Pharm Fr. 1965 Dec; 23(12):739-47.
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