| Parent |
Morphine, Hydrocodone |
| Chemical Formula |
C₁₇H₁₉NO₃ |
| Molecular Weight |
285.34 |
| Information |
Hydromorphone, marketed under brand names including Palladone and Dilaudid, is a very potent opioid analgesic. The drug is often used medicinally as an alternative to morphine for treatment of pain or as a cough suppressant for painful coughing resulting from continued bronchial irritation.
Hydromorphone presence indicates use or exposure or metabolization of parent drugs.
Excreted in urine at up to 2.5% of morphine concentration.
Minor amounts may be present in urine specimens with a high concentration of codeine and should not be interpreted as hydromorphone use in that case. |
