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Methylketobemidone Systematic (IUPAC) name 1-[4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methylpiperidin-4-yl]ethanone Clinical data Pregnancy cat. ? Legal status ? Identifiers CAS number 64058-44-2 ATC code None PubChem CID 47168 ChemSpider 42930 Chemical data Formula C14H19NO2 Mol. mass 233.31 g/mol SMILES eMolecules & PubChem (what is this?) (verify) Methylketobemidone is an opioid analgesic that is an analogue of ketobemidone. It was developed in the 1950s during research into analogues of pethidine and was assessed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime but was not included on the list of drugs under international control, probably because it was not used in medicine or widely available.
Methylketobemidone is so named because it is the methyl ketone analogue of bemidone (hydroxypethidine). The more commonly used ethyl ketone ("ethylketobemidone") is simply called ketobemidone, as it is the only drug of this family to have been marketed.
Presumably methylketobemidone produces similar effects to ketobemidone and other opioids, such as analgesia and sedation, along with side effects such as nausea, itching, vomiting and respiratory depression which may be harmful or fatal.
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