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Anesthetic and Dextromethorphan

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Anesthetic and Dextromethorphan

Anesthetic vs. Dextromethorphan

An anesthetic (or anaesthetic) is a drug to prevent pain during surgery, completely blocking any feeling as opposed to an analgesic. Dextromethorphan (DXM or DM) is a drug of the morphinan class with sedative, dissociative, and stimulant properties (at higher doses).

Similarities between Anesthetic and Dextromethorphan

Anesthetic and Dextromethorphan have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Analgesic, Ketamine, Levorphanol, Racemic mixture, Sedation.

Analgesic

An analgesic or painkiller is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve analgesia, relief from pain.

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Ketamine

Ketamine, sold under the brand name Ketalar among others, is a medication mainly used for starting and maintaining anesthesia.

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Levorphanol

Levorphanol (INN; brand name Levo-Dromoran) is an opioid medication used to treat moderate to severe pain.

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Racemic mixture

In chemistry, a racemic mixture, or racemate, is one that has equal amounts of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule.

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Sedation

Sedation is the reduction of irritability or agitation by administration of sedative drugs, generally to facilitate a medical procedure or diagnostic procedure.

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Anesthetic and Dextromethorphan Comparison

Anesthetic has 94 relations, while Dextromethorphan has 173. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 1.87% = 5 / (94 + 173).

References

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