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« on: August 08, 2012, 09:34:23 PM »
Yeah. It contains dermorphin which is a mu opioid agonist around 4000 times as potent as morphine. It also contains dermorphin, one of the most selective and potent delta opioid receptor agonists known to man. Selective mu and kappa opioid agonists have been known for a long time but selective delta agonists are relatively new. I think the first one discovered was dermorphin. Now they have plenty of synthetic ones. Interestingly, it inhibits the respiratory depressant effects of mu opioid agonists so they could be added to opioid analgesic preparations to make safer opioid drugs. When people die of opioid overdoses, its due to hypoxia (since they stop breathing).