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apomorphine

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ap·o·mor·phine  (p-môrfn)
n.
A poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C17H17NO2, derived from morphine and used medicinally to induce vomiting.
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Noun1.apomorphine - a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative
morphia, morphine - an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain


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Tokyo, Japan, Feb 23, 2006 - (JCN) - Kyowa Hakko Kogyo announced on February 22 that it has concluded a licensing agreement with UK company Britannia Pharmaceuticals for a self-injectable formulation of apomorphine.
Patients were randomized to commence either sildenafil or apomorphine treatment.
These investigators administered two proteasomal inhibitors (epoxomicin and PSI) to rats over a 14-day period and then observed a progressive deterioration in motor function over a 2-week period, which improved after administration of the dopamine agonist apomorphine.
 
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