Ziconotide is a synthetic analog of a substance isolated from the venom of carnivorous oceanic snails that sting their prey with a cocktail of neurotoxins injected through a harpoon-like tube. Ziconotide is 100 to 1,000 times more powerful than morphine.
- TRADE NAME: Prialt (Jazz)
- INDICATIONS: Analgesic, severe chronic pain
- CLASS: Neuronal calcium channel blocker, Neuroprotectant
- HALF-LIFE: 4.6 hours
- CLINICALLY IMPORTANT, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INTERACTIONS WITH:
CNS depressants
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ADVERSE REACTIONS
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