pholcodinen.
/ˈfɒlkədiːn/, U.S. /ˈfɑlkəˌdin/ Pharmacology.
An opioid drug used to suppress cough.Chemical name: 3-(2-morpholinoethyl)morphine, C23H30N2O4.
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1954 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 172 468 Pholcodine is well tolerated by mouth and produces none of the intestinal ballooning and constipation associated with anal codeine.
1977 Davidson's Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 12) 267 The two most effective preparations..are pholcodine linctus (B.P.C.), and methadone linctus (B.P.C.).
1991 Pract. Health Jan. 62/3 Dry or tickly cough medicines usually contain codeine or pholcodine which can suppress the cough reflex.
2002 New Scientist 9 Nov. 34/2 Almost every remedy is based on opiates such as codeine and pholcodine, most of which have been in use since at least the early 1950s.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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