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Details

Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C17H19NO3.ClH
Molecular Weight 321.799
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 4 / 4
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE

SMILES

Cl.[H][C@@]12OC3=C4C(C[C@H]5N(C)CC[C@@]14[C@@]5([H])CCC2=O)=CC=C3O

InChI

InChIKey=XHILEZUETWRSHC-NRGUFEMZSA-N
InChI=1S/C17H19NO3.ClH/c1-18-7-6-17-10-3-5-13(20)16(17)21-15-12(19)4-2-9(14(15)17)8-11(10)18;/h2,4,10-11,16,19H,3,5-8H2,1H3;1H/t10-,11+,16-,17-;/m0./s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI
Hydromorphone (also known as dihydromorphinone and the brand name Dilaudid among others) is a more potent opioid analgesic than morphine and is used for moderate to severe pain. It can be administered by injection, by infusion, by mouth, and rectally. Oral bioavailability is low. The kidney excretes hydromorphone and its metabolites. Some metabolites may have greater analgesic activity than hydromorphone itself but are unlikely to contribute to the pharmacological activity of hydromorphone. With the exception of pruritus, sedation and nausea and vomiting, which may occur less after hydromorphone than after morphine, the side-effects of these drugs are similar. Hydromorphone interacts predominantly with the opioid mu-receptors. These mu-binding sites are discretely distributed in the human brain, with high densities in the posterior amygdala, hypothalamus, thalamus, nucleus caudatus, putamen, and certain cortical areas. It also binds with kappa and delta receptors which are thought to mediate spinal analgesia, miosis and sedation.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Palliative
DILAUDID-HP

Approved Use

DILAUDID INJECTION is indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternate treatments are inadequate. DILAUDID-HP INJECTION is indicated for use in opioid-tolerant patients who require higher doses of opioids for the management of pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternate treatments are inadequate. Patients considered opioid tolerant are those who are taking for one week or longer,around-the-clock medicine consisting of at least 60 mg oral morphine per day, or at least 25 mcg transdermal fentanyl per hour, or at least 30 mg oral oxycodone per day, or at least 8 g oral hydromorphone per day, or at least 25 mg oral oxymorphone per day, or at least 60 mg oral hydrocodone per day, or an equianalgesic dose of another opioid for one week or longer. Patients must remain on around-the-clock opioids while administering DILAUDID-HP

Launch Date

4.42627195E11
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
5.5 ng/mL
8 mg single, oral
dose: 8 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: UNKNOWN
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
23.7 ng × h/mL
8 mg single, oral
dose: 8 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: UNKNOWN
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
2.6 h
8 mg single, oral
dose: 8 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: UNKNOWN
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Funbound

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
81%
8 mg single, oral
dose: 8 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: UNKNOWN
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
540 mg single, intrathecal
Overdose
Dose: 540 mg
Route: intrathecal
Route: single
Dose: 540 mg
Sources: Page: p.274
unhealthy, 27
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Age Group: 27
Sex: F
Population Size: 1
Sources: Page: p.274
Disc. AE: Sleepiness, Nausea...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Sleepiness
Nausea
Sources: Page: p.274
2 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 2 mg, 3 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 2 mg, 3 times / day
Sources: Page: p.378
unhealthy, 40
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Age Group: 40
Sex: M
Population Size: 1
Sources: Page: p.378
Disc. AE: Respiratory arrest...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Respiratory arrest (grade 5)
Sources: Page: p.378
4 mg 4 times / day multiple, oral (max)
Recommended
Dose: 4 mg, 4 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg, 4 times / day
Sources: Page: p.545
unhealthy, 67.7
n = 88
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Age Group: 67.7
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 88
Sources: Page: p.545
Disc. AE: Somnolence, Aspiration pneumonia...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Somnolence (serious, 1.14%)
Aspiration pneumonia (grade 5, 1.14%)
Toxic skin eruption (serious, 1.14%)
Nausea and vomiting (serious, 1.14%)
Sources: Page: p.545
10 mg single, intravenous
Overdose
Dose: 10 mg
Route: intravenous
Route: single
Dose: 10 mg
Sources: Page: p.378
unhealthy
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Population Size: 1
Sources: Page: p.378
Disc. AE: Cardio-respiratory arrest...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Cardio-respiratory arrest (grade 5)
Sources: Page: p.378
2 mg 6 times / day multiple, subcutaneous|intramuscular
Recommended
Dose: 2 mg, 6 times / day
Route: subcutaneous|intramuscular
Route: multiple
Dose: 2 mg, 6 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Sources: Page: p.1
Disc. AE: Respiratory depression...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Respiratory depression
Sources: Page: p.1
4 mg 6 times / day multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Disc. AE: Addiction, Abuse...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Addiction
Abuse
Respiratory depression (grade 3-5)
Withdrawal syndrome neonatal (grade 3-5)
Coma (grade 5)
Sources: Page: p.1
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Nausea Disc. AE
540 mg single, intrathecal
Overdose
Dose: 540 mg
Route: intrathecal
Route: single
Dose: 540 mg
Sources: Page: p.274
unhealthy, 27
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Age Group: 27
Sex: F
Population Size: 1
Sources: Page: p.274
Sleepiness Disc. AE
540 mg single, intrathecal
Overdose
Dose: 540 mg
Route: intrathecal
Route: single
Dose: 540 mg
Sources: Page: p.274
unhealthy, 27
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Age Group: 27
Sex: F
Population Size: 1
Sources: Page: p.274
Respiratory arrest grade 5
Disc. AE
2 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 2 mg, 3 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 2 mg, 3 times / day
Sources: Page: p.378
unhealthy, 40
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Age Group: 40
Sex: M
Population Size: 1
Sources: Page: p.378
Aspiration pneumonia grade 5, 1.14%
Disc. AE
4 mg 4 times / day multiple, oral (max)
Recommended
Dose: 4 mg, 4 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg, 4 times / day
Sources: Page: p.545
unhealthy, 67.7
n = 88
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Age Group: 67.7
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 88
Sources: Page: p.545
Nausea and vomiting serious, 1.14%
Disc. AE
4 mg 4 times / day multiple, oral (max)
Recommended
Dose: 4 mg, 4 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg, 4 times / day
Sources: Page: p.545
unhealthy, 67.7
n = 88
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Age Group: 67.7
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 88
Sources: Page: p.545
Somnolence serious, 1.14%
Disc. AE
4 mg 4 times / day multiple, oral (max)
Recommended
Dose: 4 mg, 4 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg, 4 times / day
Sources: Page: p.545
unhealthy, 67.7
n = 88
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Age Group: 67.7
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 88
Sources: Page: p.545
Toxic skin eruption serious, 1.14%
Disc. AE
4 mg 4 times / day multiple, oral (max)
Recommended
Dose: 4 mg, 4 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg, 4 times / day
Sources: Page: p.545
unhealthy, 67.7
n = 88
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Age Group: 67.7
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 88
Sources: Page: p.545
Cardio-respiratory arrest grade 5
Disc. AE
10 mg single, intravenous
Overdose
Dose: 10 mg
Route: intravenous
Route: single
Dose: 10 mg
Sources: Page: p.378
unhealthy
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Population Size: 1
Sources: Page: p.378
Respiratory depression Disc. AE
2 mg 6 times / day multiple, subcutaneous|intramuscular
Recommended
Dose: 2 mg, 6 times / day
Route: subcutaneous|intramuscular
Route: multiple
Dose: 2 mg, 6 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Pain
Sources: Page: p.1
Abuse Disc. AE
4 mg 6 times / day multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Addiction Disc. AE
4 mg 6 times / day multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Respiratory depression grade 3-5
Disc. AE
4 mg 6 times / day multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Withdrawal syndrome neonatal grade 3-5
Disc. AE
4 mg 6 times / day multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Coma grade 5
Disc. AE
4 mg 6 times / day multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 4 mg, 6 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Opioid formulations: tailoring to the needs in chronic pain.
2001
Pharmacokinetics of oral immediate-release hydromorphone (Dilaudid IR) in subjects with moderate hepatic impairment.
2001
Pharmacokinetics of oral immediate-release hydromorphone (Dilaudid IR) in subjects with renal impairment.
2001
Dose proportionality of the pharmacokinetics of oral immediate-release hydromorphone (Dilaudid IR).
2001
Effects of hydromorphone or oxymorphone, with or without acepromazine, on preanesthetic sedation, physiologic values, and histamine release in dogs.
2001 Apr 1
Pretreatment with hydromorphone, a mu-opioid agonist, does not alter the acute behavioral and physiological effects of ethanol in humans.
2001 Jan
Pharmacodynamics of orally administered sustained- release hydromorphone in humans.
2001 Jan
Opioid equianalgesic conversion: the right dose.
2001 Jul-Aug
Postoperative pain control using epidural catheters after anterior spinal fusion for adolescent scoliosis.
2001 Jun 1
A dual epidural catheter technique to provide analgesia following posterior spinal fusion for scoliosis in children and adolescents.
2001 Mar
Intravenous methadone in the management of chronic cancer pain: safe and effective starting doses when substituting methadone for fentanyl.
2001 Oct 1
Effects of buprenorphine sublingual tablet maintenance on opioid drug-seeking behavior by humans.
2002 Apr
A convenient synthesis of delta(7,8)-morphinan-6-one and its direct oxidation to 14-hydroxy-delta(7,8)-morphinan-6-one.
2002 Aug 5
Epidural and intrathecal analgesia for cancer pain.
2002 Dec
New directions in pain management.
2002 Feb
Blockade of hydromorphone effects by buprenorphine/naloxone and buprenorphine.
2002 Jan
The role of spinal opioid receptors in antinociceptive effects produced by intrathecal administration of hydromorphone and buprenorphine in the rat.
2002 Jun
Dose conversion and titration with a novel, once-daily, OROS osmotic technology, extended-release hydromorphone formulation in the treatment of chronic malignant or nonmalignant pain.
2002 May
Pain and suffering in an adolescent with neuroblastoma.
2002 May-Jun
Input characteristics and bioavailability after administration of immediate and a new extended-release formulation of hydromorphone in healthy volunteers.
2002 Oct
Summary version of the Standards, Options and Recommendations for the use of analgesia for the treatment of nociceptive pain in adults with cancer (update 2002).
2003 Aug
Is the analgesic effect of systemic lidocaine mediated through opioid receptors?
2003 Aug
Postoperative hypoxemia and hypercarbia in healthy dogs undergoing routine ovariohysterectomy or castration and receiving butorphanol or hydromorphone for analgesia.
2003 Feb 1
Quantification of the O- and N-demethylated metabolites of hydrocodone and oxycodone in human liver microsomes using liquid chromatography with ultraviolet absorbance detection.
2003 Feb 25
Long-term outcomes during treatment of chronic pain with intrathecal clonidine or clonidine/opioid combinations.
2003 Jul
Patents

Sample Use Guides

Subcutaneous or Intramuscular Administration: The usual starting dose of DILAUDID INJECTION is 1 mg to 2 mg every 2 to 3 hours as necessary. Depending on the clinical situation, the initial starting dose may be lowered in patients who are opioid naïve. Intravenous Administration: The initial starting dose is 0.2 to 1 mg every 2 to 3 hours. Intravenous administration should be given slowly, over at least 2 to 3 minutes, depending on the dose. The initial dose should be reduced in the elderly or debilitated and may be lowered to 0.2 mg.
Route of Administration: Other
In Vitro Use Guide
Unknown
Name Type Language
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE
EP   MART.   MI   ORANGE BOOK   USP   VANDF   WHO-DD  
Common Name English
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE CII
USP-RS  
Common Name English
4,5α-Epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-one hydrochloride
Systematic Name English
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE [EP MONOGRAPH]
Common Name English
DIHYDROMORPHINONE HYDROCHLORIDE
Common Name English
Hydromorphone hydrochloride [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE CII [USP-RS]
Common Name English
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE [MART.]
Common Name English
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE [JAN]
Common Name English
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE [ORANGE BOOK]
Common Name English
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE [USP MONOGRAPH]
Common Name English
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE [VANDF]
Common Name English
EXALGO
Brand Name English
PALLADONE
Brand Name English
NSC-117862
Code English
DILAUDID
Brand Name English
HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE [MI]
Common Name English
MORPHINAN-6-ONE, 4,5-EPOXY-3-HYDROXY-17-METHYL-, HYDROCHLORIDE, (5.ALPHA.)-
Systematic Name English
HYDROMORPHONE HCL
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
FDA ORPHAN DRUG 499415
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NCI_THESAURUS C67413
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NCI_THESAURUS C1506
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NCI_THESAURUS
C436
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
200-762-6
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL398707
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L960UP2KRW
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NSC
117862
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MERCK INDEX
m6110
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EVMPD
SUB02573MIG
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RXCUI
203177
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SMS_ID
100000090577
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RS_ITEM_NUM
1323000
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PUBCHEM
5462347
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DAILYMED
L960UP2KRW
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CAS
71-68-1
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CHEBI
5791
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DRUG BANK
DBSALT000444
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DTXSID90991291
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