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. 1975 Dec;2(6):509–513. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1975.tb00568.x

Inhibition of gastric emptying and drug absorption by narcotic analgesics.

W S Nimmo, R C Heading, J Wilson, P Tothill, L F Prescott
PMCID: PMC1402648  PMID: 9953

Abstract

The effect of intramuscular pethidine or diamorphine on gastric emptying and the absorption of orally administered paracetamol was assessed in eight normal subjects. 2 Both drugs produced a significant and striking delay in gastric emptying and absorption of paracetamol. 3 It seems inevitable that pethidine and diamorphine will retard the absorption of other orally administered drugs.

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