What's in Demerol
from sourceA prescription medicine, sold under this brand name.
From the product's label on DailyMed from Hospira, Inc., which lists 6 ingredients. MoleculeFinder matched 4 of them by their FDA UNII codes. DailyMed label, version 38. 2 other ingredients are not MoleculeFinder molecules, so they are not listed here.
Active ingredients 1
- PethidineC15H21NO2
Active ingredient (on the label as meperidine hydrochloride) from source
As a pure substance: LD50 162 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
Inactive ingredients 3
- Sodium hydroxideHNaO
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 40 mg/kg (mouse, other) from source
- WaterH2O
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 25,000 mg/kg (mouse, iv) from source
- Sodium chlorideClNa
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 3,000 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
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