long-acting

English

Adjective

long-acting (comparative more long-acting, superlative most long-acting)

(pharmacology) Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the long term.
- 1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194:
  I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.

Coordinate terms

ultra-short-acting
short-acting
ultra-long-acting

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