opioid antagonist
| In medicine, drug used to reverse the respiratory depression caused by opioid analgesics due to their effects on the mechanisms controlling respiration in the central nervous system. They are used to counteract respiratory depression postoperatively and in individuals who have taken overdoses of opioid analgesics. |
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