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Cyprodime

Cyprodime is an opioid antagonist from the morphinan family of drugs. Cyprodime is an opioid antagonist from the morphinan family of drugs. Cyprodime is a selective opioid antagonist which blocks the μ-opioid receptor, but without affecting the δ-opioid or κ-opioid receptors. This makes it useful for scientific research as it allows the μ-opioid receptor to be selectively deactivated so that the actions of the δ and κ receptors can be studied separately, in contrast to better known opioid antagonists such as naloxone which block all three opioid receptor subtypes.

[ "Antagonist", "Agonist", "Opioid", "Opioid antagonist", "Opioid receptor" ]
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