Oxymorphone

Oxymorphone immediate-release tablets are used to relieve severe, acute pain (pain that begins suddenly, has a specific cause, and is expected to go away when the cause of the pain is healed) in people who are expected to need an opioid pain medication and who cannot be treated with other pain medications. It is grouped under the following drug class(es): Schedule II controlled substances. Its therapeutic use is listed as analgesics. The directory classifies it as a commercial API with a semi-synthetic source/manufacturing origin. Other names for this substance include Oximorphonum, 14-Hydroxydihydromorphinone, Dihydroxymorphinone, Numorphan and Opana. It is also listed for alternate use as: API Impurity, API Intermediate. It is listed as a controlled drug substance (Schedule II). Its PubChem CID is 5284604.

CAS No 76-41-5
Molecular Formula C17H19NO4
Molecular Weight 301.34 g/mol
Synonyms (4R,4aS,7aR,12bS)-4a,9-dihydroxy-3-methyl-2,4,5,6,7a,13-hexahydro-1H-4,12-methanobenzofuro[3,2-e]isoquinolin-7-one

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