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What is papaverine?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

papaverine: a white crystalline, water-insoluble, non-narcotic, alkaloidal powder.

Obtained from opium but not a morphine derivative and not habbit-forming or addicting. Used usually in the form of its hydrochloride in the treatment of spasms of involuntary muscle, especially of the stomach, bronchi and arteries.

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