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SUBMITTER: Ofoegbu A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8453761 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical pharmacology 20210616 9
Morphine is an opioid analgesic indicated in the treatment of acute and chronic moderate to severe pain. From a pharmacodynamic standpoint, morphine exerts its effects by agonizing mu-opioid receptors predominantly, resulting in analgesia and sedation. Pharmacokinetically, morphine is primarily metabolized in the liver via glucuronidation by the enzyme uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase family 2 member B7 and encounters the transporter proteins organic cation transporter isoform 1 and P ...[more]