Withdrawal vs Methylnaltrexone - What's the difference?
withdrawal | methylnaltrexone |
Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is addicted is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier
An act of withdrawing.
A peripherally-acting ?-opioid antagonist that acts to reverse some of the side effects of opioid drugs such as constipation without affecting analgesia or precipitating withdrawals.
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As nouns the difference between withdrawal and methylnaltrexone
is that withdrawal is receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them usually refers to money while methylnaltrexone is a peripherally-acting μ-opioid antagonist that acts to reverse some of the side effects of opioid drugs such as constipation without affecting analgesia or precipitating withdrawals.withdrawal
English
(wikipedia withdrawal)Noun
(en noun)- heroin withdrawal
- nicotine withdrawal
methylnaltrexone
English
(wikipedia methylnaltrexone)Noun
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