Meperidine
Meperidine is a totally synthetic OPIOID analgesic (painkiller) with a structure quite distinct from MORPHINE, a natural OPIATE. Unlike morphine's rigid fused ring structures, the st...
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Meperidine
OFFICIAL NAMES: Meperidine, meperidine hydrochloride, Demerol, Pethidine
STREET NAMES: Demmies
DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS: Schedule II, narcotic
Overview
Meperidine is a synthetic, opioid analges...
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Meperidine
What Kind of Drug Is It?
Meperidine (meh-PER-ih-deen) is best known by its brand name, Demerol. It is a synthetic opioid, meaning that it is a drug created by chemists to imitate certain me...
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