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Levopropoxyphene
Introduction
Levopropoxyphene is an antitussive.
It is an optical isomer of Dextropropoxyphene. The racemic mixture is called Propoxyphene. Only the dextro-isomer (Dextropropoxyphene) has an analgesic effect; the levo-isomer appears to exert only an antitussive effect.