"Methadone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A synthetic opioid that is used as the hydrochloride. It is an opioid analgesic that is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. It has actions and uses similar to those of MORPHINE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1082-3)
| Descriptor ID |
D008691
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.522.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Biodone- Biodone
- Biomet Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Dolophine- Dolophine
- Roxane Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Metadol- Metadol
- Pharmascience Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Metasedin- Metasedin
- Esteve Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Symoron- Symoron
- Yamanouchi Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Methadose- Methadose
- Rosemont Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
- Mallinckrodt Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Methex- Methex
- Generics Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Physeptone- Physeptone
- Martindale Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
- Phymet
- GlaxoSmithKline Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Pinadone- Pinadone
- Pinewood Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
Methaddict- Methaddict
- addiCare Brand of Methadone Hydrochloride
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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