Apomorphine

Word APOMORPHINE
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What do we mean by apomorphine?

A poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C17H17NO2, derived from morphine and used medicinally to induce vomiting. noun

An artificial alkaloid, C17H17NO2, prepared from morphine. The hydrochlorate is used in medicine as a powerful emetic. It is usually administered hypodermically. Also (as New Latin) apomorphina, apomorphia, emetomorphia. noun

A particular narcotic used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. noun

A morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative noun

A particular narcotic used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

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The word "apomorphine" in example sentences

So after the use of a miraculous drug called apomorphine a teeny pill I dissolved under Suzie's eyelid, she heaved her guts up big-time. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Also being tested is a "dopamine agonist" called apomorphine, recently recommended for approval for use in men, which sends electrical impulses from the hypothalamus to the genitals to trigger increased blood flow. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Interestingly, Wistar rats that display a high susceptibility for the dopamine receptor agonist apomorphine, the so-called apomorphine-susceptible (APO-SUS) rats ❋ Karen M. J. Van Loo Et Al. (2008)

Dr. Dent had discovered a cure using apomorphine, a derivative of morphine but nonaddictive, that seemed to have real promise. ❋ Bill Morgan (2010)

Answer: Mustard, sodium chloride, apomorphine, ipecac, and sulphate of copper are emetics. ❋ Mother Jones RN (2007)

The treatment is to evacuate the stomach immediately, either by administering mustard water, or apomorphine gr. 1/10 by hypodermic, or by the stomach tube. ❋ Mother Jones RN (2007)

Last year the London Times reported that the pope takes levodopa, a standard treatment, and before public appearances or officiating at a mass he reportedly also receives a shot of the fast-acting drug apomorphine hydrochloride, which is effective for only a short time. ❋ Unknown (2007)

That said, there is growing evidence that the following available or forthcoming medications may promote return or ease of climax: phentolamine, apomorphine, prostaglandin E-1 cream, and bupropion Wellbutrin or Zyban. ❋ M.D. Valerie Davis Raskin (2002)

One of the most promising is a medication known as “apomorphine,” which may become widely available in the near future. ❋ Niels H. Lauersen (2000)

The drug's chief outward effect is nausea and vomiting, but Dr. John Dent held that apomorphine also acts as a metabolic regulator, i.e., it may enhance the restoration of the brain's own production of beta-endorphin, the pleasure-governor, which addiction to opiates tends to diminish and supplant. ❋ Burroughs, William S. (1984)

As for any FDA conspiracy to suppress the use of apomorphine in the treatment of opiate addiction, I would now say only that to my knowledge there have been very few serious experimental tests of its effectiveness for that purpose, and given Dr. Dent's successes with the drug, it seems odd that its potential should remain largely unexplored. ❋ Burroughs, William S. (1984)

First, when I gave a preparatory injection of crepitin and I determined one month later the emetic dose (that means the dose causing vomiting) of apomorphine, I saw that with normal dogs a dose of apomorphine hydrochloride equal to 0.00275 of the salt per kilogram caused vomiting in 21% of the dogs, whereas with dogs initially injected with crepitin, for the same dose of apomorphine hydrochloride, vomiting ensued in 63% of them. ❋ Unknown (1967)

Anaphylactic dogs are thus more sensitive to apomorphine than normal dogs, and it follows that there exists general anaphylaxis, as apomorphine in no way resembles crepitin. ❋ Unknown (1967)

_ -- An emetic of apomorphine; demulcent drinks, such as barley-water, white of egg and water, linseed-tea and gruel (but not oils), with a hypodermic injection of morphine to allay pain. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

_ -- Wash out the stomach freely; a hypodermic injection of apomorphine as an emetic, followed by hypodermic injections of pilocarpine or morphine. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

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