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Hydromorphone

A semi-synthetic opioid analgesic made from morphine, patented in 1923 and on the market since 1926, used for moderate to severe pain; it is listed as a therapeutic alternative on the WHO List of Essential Medicines. This family brings together the active ingredient and other impurities.

Did you know?It has exactly the same chemical formula as morphine: it is a structural isomer of it, also called dihydromorphinone, in which the same atoms are arranged slightly differently.

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EDQM standards 1

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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