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Descriptor English: Oxymorphone
Descriptor Spanish: Oximorfona
Descriptor oximorfona
Scope note: Analgésico opioide con acciones y usos similares a los de la MORFINA, salvada la ausencia de actividad supresora de la tos. Se utiliza para el tratamiento del dolor moderado a intenso, incluido el dolor obstétrico. también puede utilizarse como adyuvante de anestesia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Oximorfona
Descriptor French: Oxymorphone
Entry term(s): Numorphan
Opana
Oxymorphone HCl
Oxymorphone Hydrochloride
Tree number(s): D03.132.577.249.562.692
D03.605.497.607.675
D03.633.400.686.607.675
D04.615.723.795.576.692
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010111
Scope note: An opioid analgesic with actions and uses similar to those of MORPHINE, apart from an absence of cough suppressant activity. It is used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain, including pain in obstetrics. It may also be used as an adjunct to anesthesia. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1092)
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Analgesics, Opioid
Adjuvants, Anesthesia
Narcotics
Registry Number: 9VXA968E0C
CAS Type 1 Name: Morphinan-6-one, 4,5-epoxy-3,14-dihydroxy-17-methyl-, (5alpha)-
Public MeSH Note: 1991; OXYMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE was indexed under OXYMORPHONE 2013 and under MORPHINE DERIVATIVES 2006-2012
History Note: 1991(1964)
DeCS ID: 10292
Unique ID: D010111
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/05/24
Oxymorphone - Preferred
Concept UI M0015684
Scope note An opioid analgesic with actions and uses similar to those of MORPHINE, apart from an absence of cough suppressant activity. It is used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain, including pain in obstetrics. It may also be used as an adjunct to anesthesia. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1092)
Preferred term Oxymorphone
Oxymorphone Hydrochloride - Narrower
Concept UI M0352949
Preferred term Oxymorphone Hydrochloride
Entry term(s) Oxymorphone HCl
Numorphan - Narrower
Concept UI M0015685
Preferred term Numorphan
Opana - Narrower
Concept UI M0499592
Preferred term Opana



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