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فولکودین
Sign in to saveAlso known as 3-morpholinoethylmorphine, morpholinylethylmorphine, 3-(2-morpholinoethyl)morphine, beta-morpholinoethylmorphine, tetrahydro-1,4-oxazinylmethylcodeine, 7,8-didehydro-4,5-alpha-epoxy-17-methyl-3-(2-morpholinoethoxy)morphinan-6-alpha-ol, 3-(2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl)morphine
Pholcodine is an opioid cough suppressant (antitussive). It helps suppress unproductive coughs and also has a mild sedative effect, but has little or no analgesic effects. It is also known as morpholinylethylmorphine and homocodeine.
Key facts
- Drug.image
- Pholcodine.svg
- Drug.image_class
- skin-invert-image
- Drug.width
- 200
- Drug.image2
- Pholcodine3DanJ.gif
- Drug.width2
- 250
- Drug.tradename
- Logicin, others
- Drug.addiction_liability
- High
- Drug.routes_of_administration
- By mouth
- Drug.ATC_prefix
- R05
- Drug.ATC_suffix
- DA08
- Drug.legal_BR
- A2
- Drug.legal_CA
- Schedule I
- Drug.legal_DE
- Anlage II
- Drug.legal_UK
- Class B
- Drug.legal_US
- Schedule I
- Drug.bioavailability
- Maximum plasma conc. attained 4-8 hours after oral dose.
- Drug.protein_bound
- 23.5%
- Drug.metabolism
- Liver
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C23H30N2O4
- Molecular weight
- 398.5 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (4R,4aR,7S,7aR,12bS)-3-methyl-9-(2-morpholin-4-ylethoxy)-2,4,4a,7,7a,13-hexahydro-1H-4,12-methanobenzofuro[3,2-e]isoquinolin-7-ol
- SMILES
- CN1CC[C@]23[C@@H]4[C@H]1CC5=C2C(=C(C=C5)OCCN6CCOCC6)O[C@H]3[C@H](C=C4)O
- InChIKey
- GPFAJKDEDBRFOS-FKQDBXSBSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.8
- Polar surface area
- 54.4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 6
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
Withdrawn- Max clinical phase
- Approved
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- Indications
- Cough
via ChEMBL · EBI
Research
145 papers- Pholcodine.Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics · 1988
- Pholcodine and allergy to neuromuscular blocking agents: where are we and how did we get here?British journal of anaesthesia · 2024
- Pholcodine exposure increases the risk of perioperative anaphylaxis to neuromuscular blocking agents: the ALPHO case-control study.British journal of anaesthesia · 2023
- Cough up, time's up: pholcodine and risk of anaphylaxis to general anaesthetics.Archives of disease in childhood · 2023
- Safety update: withdrawal of pholcodine-containing medicines.Drug and therapeutics bulletin · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 398.220557
- Has use
- medication
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- chemical formula
- C₂₃H₃₀N₂O₄
- isomeric SMILES
- CN1CC[C@]23[C@@H]4[C@H]1CC5=C2C(=C(C=C5)OCCN6CCOCC6)O[C@H]3[C@H](C=C4)O
- canonical SMILES
- CN1CCC23C4C1CC5=C2C(=C(C=C5)OCCN6CCOCC6)OC3C(C=C4)O
- World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
- pholcodine
- Commons category
- Pholcodine
- defined daily dose
- 50
- subject has role
- antitussive
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