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What is the source plant of opiates such as codeine or morphine?
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It is the opium poppy. (Papaver somniferum)
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What contains opiates?
Opium contains various opiates such as morphine, codeine and thebaine.
Does morphine contain codeine?
morphine and codeine are both opiates, to make it easyer for you to understand , morphine is the corvette of opiate pain killers and codeine is the toyota 2 totally different painkillers , 2 different animals
You took a urine alanis and it was positive for morphine after taking tylenal with codeine why is that?
Tylenol with codeine and morphine are both narcotics. The actual chemical name for codeine is methylmorphine. Both are derived from the poppy plant.(opium) Codeine has most of the pharmacologic characteristics of morphine. Just not as strong
Is codeine a form of cocaine?
no, codeine is an opiate, derived from the opium plant. it is similar to percocet. opiates have the oposite effect of cocaine.
Why does morphine heroin and codeine have similar effects on the body?
Morphine and Codiene are both Opiates in that they are derived from the poppy plant, Papaver somniferum.It is not clear whether they have the same, or different, mechanisms of action. http://psy.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/44/6/515
Is morphine an opium?
No. Opium is a mixture of several drugs, one of which is morphine. Heroin is a derivative of morphine. The two are similar but unrelated (except that the morphine is usually taken from opium).
Does codeine have cocaine in it?
No. Codeine does not have Cocaine in it, the two are not related. Codeine is a derivative opium (the base material for morphine and heroin) the sap from a poppy head, while Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca plant.
Which pain relieving drug is taken from the poppy?
In medicine, drugs derived or synthesized from alkaloids of the opium poppy plant are known as opiates. Morphine and codiene are examples of opiates.
How is marijuana similar to herion and morphine?
no! completely different chemical composition. different plant, marijuana is natural and used from the plant, opiates go through a systhesis from the plant
What drugs are called opoids?
Opiates are a class of drugs known as opioid analgesics (narcotics). The Opium poppy plant contains several different naturally occurring opiates, primarily morphine and codeine. The plant also has other drugs like thebaine which are used to make other drugs. Thebaine, morphine, and codeine also serve as a "base" compound from which semi-synthetic opioids can be synthesised. Examples of semi-synthetic opioids include hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab, Lorcet, Norco), oxycodone (Percocet, Percodan, OXY-IR, OxyContin), oxymorphone (Opana), hydromorphone (Dilaudid) and diacetylmorphine (Heroin). More recently fully synthetic opioids have been produced. These drugs have no chemical similarity to morphine, codeine, or thebaine. Examples include fentanyl (Actiq and Duragesic transdermal patch), Pethidine also called meperidine (Demerol), tramadol (Ultram, Contramal, Tramal), and dextropropoxyphene (Darvocet and Darvon).
Is the poppy a sleep-inducing plant?
Yes poppy plant is a source of morphine which induces sleep.
What is the classification of opiates?
Opiates are their own class of drugs. If you are talking about what class of controlled substances opiates are in, they are members of three classes. Illegal opiates like heroin and many other illegal drugs are DEA Schedule I drugs. No Schedule I drug is legal in the US. The stronger opiates like morphine, fentanyl, oxycodone, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), oxymorphone (Opana), and methadone are Schedule II controlled substances. The weaker opiates such as codeine, dihydrocodeine, and hydrocodone (Vicoden) are Schedule III drugs, although the DEA is currently considering moving hydrocodone into Schedule II.
