naltrexone hydrochloride

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• naltrexone hydrochloride — A drug that blocks the action of opiates (drugs used to treat pain). It may be used in the treatment of intravenous opiate addiction or alcohol dependence. Naltrexone hydrochloride is also being studied in the treatment of breast cancer. It may… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• naltrexone hydrochloride — nal·trex·one hy·dro·chlo·ride (nal trekґsōn) [USP] a synthetic congener of oxymorphone, chemically related to naloxone, that acts as an opioid antagonist; administered orally or intramuscularly in the treatment of opioid or alcohol abuse …   Medical dictionary

• naltrexone — [nal trek′sōn] n. a white, crystalline, nonaddictive synthetic drug, C20H23NO4·HCl, that blocks or reverses the effects of alcohol or a narcotic: in full naltrexone hydrochloride …   English World dictionary

• Naltrexone — Not to be confused with the related chemical naloxone. Naltrexone Systematic (IUPAC) name …   Wikipedia

• naltrexone — A drug that blocks the action of opiates (drugs used to treat pain). It may be used in the treatment of intravenous opiate addiction or alcohol dependence. Naltrexone is also being studied in the treatment of breast cancer. It may block the… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• naltrexone — noun Etymology: N allyl + trex (as in methotrexate) + one Date: 1973 a synthetic opiate antagonist C20H23NO4 administered in the form of its hydrochloride …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• naltrexone — An orally active narcotic antagonist; devoid of pharmacologic action when administered in the absence of narcotics. * * * nal·trex·one nal trek .sōn n a synthetic opiate antagonist administered in the form of its hydrochloride C20H23NO4·HCl esp.… …   Medical dictionary

• Low Dose Naltrexone — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Naltrexon Andere Namen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• nalmefene hydrochloride — nal·me·fene hy·dro·chlo·ride (nalґmə fēn″) a derivative of naltrexone that acts as an opioid antagonist, used in the treatment of opioid toxicity and overdose and of postoperative opioid depression; administered parenterally …   Medical dictionary

• Naltrexon — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Naltrexon Andere Namen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Nemexin — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Naltrexon Andere Namen …   Deutsch Wikipedia