▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : C rit ical ▁theory ▁Category : Pol it ics ▁and ▁race ▁Category : Post mod ern ism ▁Category : So cial ▁construction ism <0x0A> </s> ▁An ▁active ▁met abol ite ▁is ▁an ▁active ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁drug ▁after ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁processed ▁by ▁the ▁body . ▁ ▁Met abol ites ▁of ▁dru gs ▁ ▁An ▁active ▁met abol ite ▁results ▁when ▁a ▁drug ▁is ▁met abol ized ▁by ▁the ▁body ▁into ▁a ▁modified ▁form ▁which ▁continues ▁to ▁produce ▁effects ▁in ▁the ▁body . ▁Usually ▁these ▁effects ▁are ▁similar ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁parent ▁drug ▁but ▁we aker , ▁although ▁they ▁can ▁still ▁be ▁significant ▁( see ▁e . g . ▁ 1 1 - h ydro xy - TH C , ▁morph ine - 6 - gl uc ur on ide ). ▁C ertain ▁dru gs ▁such ▁as ▁code ine ▁and ▁tram ad ol ▁have ▁met abol ites ▁( m orph ine ▁and ▁O - des m eth yl tr am ad ol ▁respectively ) ▁that ▁are ▁stronger ▁than ▁the ▁parent ▁drug ▁and ▁in ▁these ▁cases ▁the ▁met abol ite ▁may ▁be ▁responsible ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁th era pe ut ic ▁action ▁of ▁the ▁parent ▁drug . ▁Sometimes , ▁however , ▁met abol ites ▁may ▁produce ▁to xic ▁effects ▁and ▁patients ▁must ▁be ▁monitor ed ▁carefully ▁to ▁ensure ▁they ▁do ▁not ▁build ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁body . ▁This ▁is ▁an ▁issue ▁with ▁some ▁well - known ▁dru gs ▁such