Demerol

[ dem-uh-rawl, -rol ]

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand of meperidine.

Example Sentences

With a colonoscopy, for instance, patients often receive an anesthetic, like propofol, or a narcotic such as Demerol or fentanyl, combined with anti-anxiety medication like Versed or Valium.

From New York Times

He gave Ditlevsen Demerol, an opioid, and other medications to sedate her — “I love passive women,” he said, according to her memoir.

From New York Times

More horribly, we look over his shoulder as he watches his unsteady mother plunge a syringe of Demerol into her thigh.

From Los Angeles Times

When Sargsyan’s Demerol supply — provided by a dentist he didn’t name — dried up, he turned to Broumand, who said he would ask a DEA agent with access to prescription drugs, according to Sargsyan.

From Los Angeles Times

Elmer operated on mobsters, scammed Demerol prescriptions for himself and enlisted David, while he was still a child, to run his bets for him.

From New York Times