oxymorphone hydrochloride
The hydrochloride salt form of oxymorphone, a semisynthetic opioid with a potent analgesic property. Oxymorphone hydrochloride binds to and activates opiate receptors, specifically mu-receptors, in the central nervous system (CNS). This results in sedation, analgesia, decreased gastrointestinal motility, and respiratory depression.
| US brand name: | Numorphan Opana |
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| Chemical structure: | 4,5-alpha-epoxy-3,14-dihydroxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-one hydrochloride |