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Cyprodime
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
.