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Laudanum, Dropizol
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Summary
Common uses
Pain, cough, disquiet
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Purported mechanism
µ-opioid agonism
“Pendell's corner
The opium poppy is named for sleep: Somnus is the Roman name for Hypnos, the god of sleep. Nyx, the goddess of night, carries poppies in her hand, while her son, Thanatos, death, wears a poppy garland. Hermes, the shaman god who travels between the worlds, carries a staff that brings sleep. His home was Mekone, "poppy town," the place where Prometheus stole fire.
— Dale Pendell, Pharmako/Poeia, p. 125