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Naloxone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A drug, C19H21NO4, used as an antagonist to narcotic drugs, such as morphine.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A drug used to counter the effects of an overdose on opioids (such as heroin or morphine).

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine

Word Usage

"Treatment with naloxone is controversial and has been reported to cause hypertension. 3-5 However, transient hypertension can be seen from clonidine alone."

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narcotic antagonist

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