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Physeptone Pharm.|faɪˈsɛptəʊn| Also physeptone. A proprietary name for methadone hydrochloride. Cf. phy.
1947Lancet 6 Sept. 370/2 (heading) Miadone (Physeptone) in obstetrics. 1948Trade Marks Jrnl. 15 Sept. 743/1 Physeptone... All goods included in class 5 [sc. pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary substances, etc.]. The Wellcome Foundation Limited,..London,..manufacturing chemists. 1951Pharmaceutical Jrnl. CXII. 52/1 An inquest was held at Coventry on a three-year-old boy who died from an overdose of Physeptone linctus. 1969Daily Tel. 3 Feb. 22/6 Physeptone, a narcotic drug first used in America for the gradual withdrawal of drug addicts from heroin, is proving successful in ‘weaning’ British addicts off hard drugs. 1971[see phy]. 1972J. Brown Chancer ii. 30 She was on 5 and 3 at the time—five one-sixth grains of heroin and three ten-milligram ampoules of physeptone. 1976H. Ferguson Confessions Long Distance Acid Head 7 Apart from cannabis, I have used barbiturates, amphetamines,..the synthetic opiate physeptone, morphine, cocaine,..even apomorphine once. |