Meptazinol

Meptazinol (trade name Meptid) is an opioid analgesic developed by Wyeth in the 1970s. Indications for use in moderate to severe pain, most commonly used to treat pain in obstetrics (childbirth). A partial µ-opioid receptor agonist, its mixed agonist/antagonist activity affords it a lower risk of dependence and abuse than full µ agonists like morphine. Meptazinol exhibits not only a short onset of action, but also a shorter duration of action relative to other opioids such as morphine, pentazocine, or buprenorphine.

It does not appear in the US Controlled Substances Act 1970; it may or may not be regulated as an analogue of controlled relatives such as proheptazine (ACSCN 9643)

External links

• Meptazinol at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)