Hydromorphone is a pure opioid, a semi-synthetic hydrogenated ketone derivative of morphine that has been available clinically since 1920. Structurally, hydromorphone derived from morphine in the modification of the hydroxyl group in the carbon 6 to a carbonyl and the absence of a double bond between the carbon 7 and 8. Due to these modifications, it present...
Hydromorphone is indicated for the management of moderate to severe acute pain and severe chronic pain. Due to its addictive potential and overdose risk, hydromorphone is only prescribed when other first-line treatments have failed.
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The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Research Site, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei, China
University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
University of Kentucky Laboratory of Human Behavioral Pharmacology, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
University of Kentucky Department of Behavioral Science, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Wuhan Union Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China
University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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