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4101 Alvimopan
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Properties

Background

Blue
Bottle

Light blue
Cap

Red
Syringe

Purple
Bubbles
No
Drops
No
Label
-

Chemistry

Formula
C25H32N2O4
Carbon
25
Polarity
Neutral

Alvimopan (trade name Entereg) is a drug which behaves as a peripherally acting μ-opioid receptor antagonist. With the limited ability to cross the blood–brain barrier and reach the μ-opioid receptors of the central nervous system, the clinically undesirable effects of centrally acting opioid antagonists (like reversal of opioid-mediated analgesia) are avoided without affecting the intended blockade of μ-opioid receptors in the gastrointestinal tract. It is currently only Food and Drug Administration approved for the treatment of postoperative ileus which it received in May 2008.

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