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== General information ==
== General information ==
=== General Description ===


Hydromorphone, usually sold as brand names Palladone or Dilaudid, is a very potent centrally acting analgesic drug of the opioid class.  
Hydromorphone, usually sold as brand names Palladone or Dilaudid, is a very potent centrally acting analgesic drug of the opioid class.  
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Knoll introduced it to the mass market in 1926 under the brand name Dilaudid, indicating its derivation and degree of similarity to morphine (by way of laudanum). The brand name Dilaudid is more widely known than the generic term hydromorphone, and because of this, Dilaudid is often used generically to mean any form of hydromorphone.
Knoll introduced it to the mass market in 1926 under the brand name Dilaudid, indicating its derivation and degree of similarity to morphine (by way of laudanum). The brand name Dilaudid is more widely known than the generic term hydromorphone, and because of this, Dilaudid is often used generically to mean any form of hydromorphone.


== Important Substance Information ==
=== Images ===
 
[[File:2000px-Hydromorphone - Hydromorphon.svg.png|300px|Chemical structure of hydromorphone]]


== Images ==
[[File:Hydromorphone 27feb.gif|3D animated model of a hydromorphone molecule]]


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== Dosage ==
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== Legal Status ==  
== Legal Status ==  


* United States: [http://www.justice.gov/dea/druginfo/ds.shtml Schedule II]
* United States: [http://www.justice.gov/dea/druginfo/ds.shtml Schedule II]

Revision as of 08:18, 12 December 2013

General information

Hydromorphone, usually sold as brand names Palladone or Dilaudid, is a very potent centrally acting analgesic drug of the opioid class.

History

Knoll introduced it to the mass market in 1926 under the brand name Dilaudid, indicating its derivation and degree of similarity to morphine (by way of laudanum). The brand name Dilaudid is more widely known than the generic term hydromorphone, and because of this, Dilaudid is often used generically to mean any form of hydromorphone.

Images

Chemical structure of hydromorphone

3D animated model of a hydromorphone molecule

Dosage

Legal Status