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To: Jaysun

From the history I've read. Methadone was made by the Nazi's. Dolphine is it's name after you know who ... And there was a shortage in Germany of Morphine so they came up with Methadone (Dolphine).....


25 posted on 05/07/2005 12:52:20 AM PDT by Deetes (Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick)
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To: Deetes
From the history I've read. Methadone was made by the Nazi's. Dolphine is it's name after you know who ... And there was a shortage in Germany of Morphine so they came up with Methadone (Dolphine).....

Who is it named after? I've read that the "dol" in dolphine is from the Latin root "dolor". The term "dol" is used in pain research to measure pain (one dol = one unit of pain).
29 posted on 05/07/2005 1:22:30 AM PDT by Jaysun (The road to despotism is paved with "fairness")
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As to the name Dolophine, here's what I just found:

Methadone was first called "Hoechst 10820" and Bockmühl and Ehrhart filed a patent application in September 1941. The agent was later named "Polamidon" in Germany, and much later generically called methadone). The name "Dolophine" was originated at Eli Lilly & Co. in the U.S. long after the war, and was probably derived from the French dolor (pain) and fin (end). Although, some have claimed the “Dol-” portion came from dol, which is a unit measure of pain (derived from dolor), and “-ophine” was derived from morphine.
31 posted on 05/07/2005 1:29:16 AM PDT by Jaysun (The road to despotism is paved with "fairness")
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