Entereg

Active Ingredient(s): Alvimopan
FDA Approved: * May 20, 2008
Pharm Company: * GLAXOSMITHKLINE
Category: Gastrointestinal

* This drug may consist of multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or distributors. If applicable, they would be listed below under "NDC Database Records".

Entereg Overview

Alvimopan (trade name Entereg) is a drug which behaves as a peripherally acting μ-opioid receptor antagonist. With the limited ability to cross the blood–brain barrier and reach the μ-opioid receptors of the central nervous system, the clinically undesirable effects of centrally acting opioid antagonists (like reversal of opioid-mediated analgesia) are avoided without affecting the intended blockade of μ-opioid receptors in the gastrointestinal tract.[1]&a...

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NDC Database Records for Entereg: (2 results)

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• 11227-010 Entereg 12 mg Oral Capsule by Adolor Corporation
• 67919-020 Entereg 12 mg Oral Capsule by Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Other drugs which contain Alvimopan or a similar ingredient: (1 result)

• ALVIMOPAN

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