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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C17H23NO.ClH
Molecular Weight 293.832
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 3 / 3
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of LEVORPHANOL HYDROCHLORIDE

SMILES

Cl.[H][C@@]12CC3=C(C=C(O)C=C3)[C@]4(CCCC[C@@]14[H])CCN2C

InChI

InChIKey=MKMAMQPDRUXVSS-DYWKTHLTSA-N
InChI=1S/C17H23NO.ClH/c1-18-9-8-17-7-3-2-4-14(17)16(18)10-12-5-6-13(19)11-15(12)17;/h5-6,11,14,16,19H,2-4,7-10H2,1H3;1H/t14-,16+,17+;/m0./s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula ClH
Molecular Weight 36.461
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Molecular Formula C17H23NO
Molecular Weight 257.3706
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 3 / 3
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Levorphanol, brand name Levo-Dromoran, is an opioid medication used to treat moderate to severe pain. Levorphanol is indicated for the management of moderate to severe pain where an opioid analgesic is appropriate. It is a potent synthetic opioid mu-receptor agonist similar in action to morphine. Like other opioid mu-receptor agonists, it is believed to act at receptors in both the brain and spinal cord to alter the transmission and perception of pain. The onset and peak analgesic effects following administration of levorphanol are similar to morphine when administered at equal analgesic doses. Levorphanol produces a degree of respiratory depression similar to that produced by morphine at equal analgesic doses, and like many opioid mu-receptor agonists, levorphanol produces euphoria or has a positive effect on mood in many individuals.

Originator

Curator's Comment: Levorphanol was initially synthesized in Germany in 1946

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Palliative
Levorphanol Tartrate

Approved Use

Levorphanol Tartrate Tablets are indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternative treatments are inadequate.

Launch Date

1953
Overview

Overview

OverviewOther

Other InhibitorOther SubstrateOther Inducer
Drug as perpetrator​

Drug as perpetrator​

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
yes [IC50 11.5 uM]
yes [IC50 >50 uM]
Drug as victim

Drug as victim

PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Serotonin and norepinephrine uptake inhibiting activity of centrally acting analgesics: structural determinants and role in antinociception.
1995 Sep
Age-related differences in sensitivity to the antinociceptive effects of opioids in male rats. Influence of nociceptive intensity and intrinsic efficacy at the mu receptor.
2001 Aug
Clinical pharmacology of opioids for pain.
2002 Jul-Aug
Antidepressant-like effects of tramadol and other central analgesics with activity on monoamines reuptake, in helpless rats.
2002 Nov 29
The power of visual imagery in drug design. Isopavines as a new class of morphinomimetics and their human opioid receptor binding activity.
2003 Jan 2
Discrimination of a single dose of morphine followed by naltrexone: substitution of other agonists for morphine and other antagonists for naltrexone in a rat model of acute dependence.
2003 Mar
Differential regulation of the human kappa opioid receptor by agonists: etorphine and levorphanol reduced dynorphin A- and U50,488H-induced internalization and phosphorylation.
2003 May
The effect of opiates on the activity of human placental aromatase/CYP19.
2007 Jan 15
High-affinity carbamate analogues of morphinan at opioid receptors.
2007 Mar 15
Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of 6,7-indolo/thiazolo-morphinans--further SAR of levorphanol.
2007 May 31
Morphine reduces local cytokine expression and neutrophil infiltration after incision.
2007 Oct 2
Chronic morphine treatment up-regulates mu opioid receptor binding in cells lacking filamin A.
2007 Oct 26
Patents

Sample Use Guides

Usual Adult Dose for Light Sedation Premedication for Anesthesia: 1 to 2 mg IM or subcutaneously, administered 60 to 90 minutes before surgery. Older or debilitated patients usually require less drug. Two mg of levorphanol is approximately equivalent to 10 to 15 mg of morphine or 100 mg of meperidine. Usual Adult Dose for Pain IV: 1 mg every 3 to 6 hours as needed. IM or subcutaneous: 1 to 2 mg every 6 to 8 hours as needed. Oral: 2 mg every 6 to 8 hours as needed. May be increased to 3 mg every 6 to 8 hours.
Route of Administration: Other
In Vitro Use Guide
Levorphanol (5-100 uM), consistently depressed the responses evoked by the putative inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitters glycine and beta-alanine but not GABA in cultured mouse spinal cord neurons.
Substance Class Chemical
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Name Type Language
LEVORPHANOL HYDROCHLORIDE
Common Name English
2H-10,4A-IMINOETHANOPHENANTHREN-6-OL, 1,3,4,9,10,10A-HEXAHYDRO-11-METHYL-, HYDROCHLORIDE
Systematic Name English
MORPHINAN-3-OL, 17-METHYL-, HYDROCHLORIDE
Systematic Name English
Code System Code Type Description
CAS
61734-47-2
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1TNM58GT5U
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PUBCHEM
53324694
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