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Central Nervous System Distribution of an Opioid Agonist Combination with Synergistic Activity.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Jan 2022
Griffith Jessica I, Kim Minjee, Bruce Daniel J, Peterson Cristina D, Kitto Kelley F, Mohammad Afroz S, Rathi Sneha, Fairbanks Carolyn A, Wilcox George L, Elmquist William F
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Novel combinations of specific opioid agonists like loperamide and oxymorphindole targeting the µ- and δ-opioid receptors, respectively, have shown increased potency with minimized opioid-associated risks. However, whether their interaction is pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic in nature has not been determined. This study quantitatively determined whether these drugs have a pharmacokinetic interaction that...
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