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apomorphine

[ ap-uh-mawr-feen, -fin ]

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. an alkaloid, C 17 H 17 NO 2 , derived from morphine and used as a fast-acting emetic.


apomorphine

/ ˌæpəˈmɔːfiːn; -fɪn /

noun

  1. a white crystalline alkaloid, derived from morphine, that is used medicinally as an emetic, as an expectorant, and in Parkinson's disease. Formula: C 17 H 17 NO 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of apomorphine1

First recorded in 1885–90; apo- + morphine
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Despite apomorphine working well to address OFF episodes, the injectable administration can be a challenge.

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After the patients several times use the drug apomorphine, a common treatment that activates dopamine, it can be substituted with a placebo, she says.

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In a trial published in February, he showed that in people with Parkinson's disease, pre-conditioning with the drug apomorphine made patients respond to a placebo just as strongly as they did to the active drug10.

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They alleviate their symptoms by taking drugs such as apomorphine, which activate receptors for dopamine.

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In the first group are common salt, mustard, ipecacuanha, and sulphate of zinc; and apomorphine, which is given hypodermically, is an example of the second.

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