Derivatives of tramadol for increased duration of effect

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2006 Feb;16(3):691-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.10.024. Epub 2005 Oct 27.

Abstract

Tramadol is a centrally acting opioid analgesic structurally related to codeine and morphine. Analogs of tramadol with deuterium-for-hydrogen replacement at metabolically active sites were prepared and evaluated in vitro and in vivo.

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / chemical synthesis*
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Codeine / chemistry
  • Codeine / therapeutic use
  • Models, Chemical
  • Morphine / chemistry
  • Morphine / therapeutic use
  • Pain / drug therapy
  • Rats
  • Time Factors
  • Tramadol / analogs & derivatives
  • Tramadol / chemical synthesis*
  • Tramadol / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Tramadol
  • Morphine
  • Codeine