Organic Chemical

Remifentanil

AMW:CHEM:020912

A piperidine-propionate derivative and opioid analgesic structurally related to FENTANYL. It functions as a short-acting MU OPIOID RECEPTOR agonist, and is used as an analgesic during induction or maintenance of general anesthesia, following surgery, during childbirth, and in mechanically ventilated patients under intensive care.

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Remifentanil has parent Piperidines

Remifentanil has parent Propionates

Remifentanil member of drug class Opioid Analgesics

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PrefixChemical substances · AMW:CHEM:

Class02 · Organic Chemicals

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Biochemistry · base Pharmacology · base

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Biochemistry / Concept Pharmacology / Drug

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