BUTORPHANOL TARTRATE | 合法藥品大搜索

BUTORPHANOL TARTRATE

(for veterinary information only)

BRAND NAME: DOLOREX, STADOL, TORBUTROL, TORBUGESIC

AVAILABLE IN1 MG, 5 MG and 10 MGTABLETS

BACKGROUND / HOW THIS MEDICATION IS USED

The opiate class of medication is complicated to describe. There are several types of receptors in the nervous system that respond to opiates. These receptors are designated by different Greek letters (“mu,” “kappa,” and “sigma”). Opiates work by binding and stimulating some receptors (such opiates are said to be “agonists” of the receptors they stimulate) or they may bind and block receptors (in which case they are “antagonizing” the receptor). What the effects of a given opiate are (euphoria, cough suppression, pain relief, hallucination, addiction etc.) depend on which receptors are stimulated and which are blocked.

Some opiates only stimulate receptors. These are ...