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Nubain

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Nubain [ˈnjuːˌbeɪn]
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) an opiate drug, nalbuphine hydrochloride, used as a painkiller and, illegally, by bodybuilders and others to increase their pain threshold and as a recreational drug, being a cheap alternative to heroin


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Mixed agonist-antagonists, including Nubain and Stadol, block the "kappa" pain receptors.
Some drugs, however, cause more nausea than others and include nubain, demerol, morphine, diluadid and stadol.
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