Hydromorphone
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presentations in diagnosing opioid withdrawal.[29]
Hydromorphone is a rapid-acting painkiller;
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Withdrawal symptoms in people who stopped taking
the opioid may be managed by using opioids or non-
opioid adjuncts.[31] Methadone is an opioid commonly used for this kind of therapy. However, the
selection of therapy should be tailored to each specific person.[32] Methadone also is used for
detoxification in people who have opiate addiction, such as heroin or drugs similar to morphine.[32] It
may be given orally or intramuscularly. There is controversy regarding whether any opioid (such as
methadone) should be included in the treatment of opioid withdrawal symptoms, since these agents also
may cause relapse when therapy is suspended.[26] Clonidine is a non-opioid adjunct which may be used
in situations where opioid use is not desired, such as in patients with high blood pressure.[33]
Interactions
CNS depressants may enhance the depressant effects of hydromorphone, such as other opioids,
anesthetics, sedatives, hypnotics, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, phenothiazines, chloral hydrate,
dimenhydrinate, and glutethimide. The depressant effect of hydromorphone also may be enhanced by
monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO inhibitors), first-generation antihistamines (e.g., brompheniramine,
promethazine, diphenhydramine, chlorphenamine), beta blockers, and alcohol. When combined therapy is
contemplated, the dose of one or both agents should be reduced.[23]
Pharmacology
Hydromorphone is a semi-synthetic μ-opioid agonist. Hydromorphone at opioid receptors[34]
As a hydrogenated ketone of morphine, it shares the
Affinities (Ki) Ratio
pharmacologic properties typical of opioid analgesics.
Hydromorphone and related opioids produce their MOR DOR KOR MOR:DOR:KOR
major effects on the central nervous system and 0.47 nM 18.5 nM 24.9 nM 1:39:53
gastrointestinal tract. These include analgesia,
drowsiness, mental clouding, changes in mood, euphoria or dysphoria, respiratory depression, cough
suppression, decreased gastrointestinal motility, nausea, vomiting, increased cerebrospinal fluid pressure,
increased biliary pressure, and increased pinpoint constriction of the pupils.[30]
Formulations
Hydromorphone is available in parenteral, rectal, subcutaneous, and oral formulations, and also can be
administered via epidural or intrathecal injection.[38] Hydromorphone also has been administered via
nebulization to treat shortness of breath, but it is not used as a route for pain control due to low
bioavailability.[39] Transdermal delivery systems are also under consideration to induce local skin
analgesia.[40]
Concentrated aqueous solutions of hydromorphone hydrochloride
have a visibly different refractive index from pure water, isotonic Equianalgesic doses[35][36][37]
9 ‰ (0·9 per cent) saline and the like, especially when stored in Compound Route Dose
clear ampoules and phials may acquire a slight clear amber Codeine PO 200 mg
discolouration upon exposure to light; this reportedly has no effect
Hydrocodone PO 20–30 mg
on the potency of the solution, but 14-dihydromorphinones such
as hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and relatives come with Hydromorphone PO 7.5 mg
instructions to protect from light.[41] Ampoules of solution which Hydromorphone IV 1.5 mg
have developed a precipitate should be discarded.[41] Morphine PO 30 mg
Pharmacokinetics
The chemical modification of the morphine molecule to hydromorphone results in higher lipid solubility
and greater ability to cross the blood–brain barrier to produce more rapid and complete central nervous
system penetration. On a per milligram basis, hydromorphone is considered to be five times as potent as
morphine; although the conversion ratio may vary from 4–8 times, five times is in typical clinical
usage.[46][47]
Patients with renal abnormalities must exercise caution when dosing hydromorphone. In those with renal
impairment, the half-life of hydromorphone may increase to as much as 40 hours. The typical half-life of
intravenous hydromorphone is 2.3 hours.[48] Peak plasma levels usually occur between 30 and 60 minutes
after oral dosing.[49]
The onset of action for hydromorphone administered intravenously is less than 5 minutes and within 30
minutes of oral administration (immediate release).[39]
Metabolism
While other opioids in its class, such as codeine or oxycodone, are metabolized via CYP450 enzymes,
hydromorphone is not.[50] Hydromorphone is extensively metabolized in the liver to hydromorphone-3-
glucuronide, which has no analgesic effects. As similarly seen with the morphine metabolite, morphine-3-
glucuronide, a build-up in levels of hydromorphone-3-glucuronide may produce excitatory neurotoxic
effects such as restlessness, myoclonus and hyperalgesia. Patients with compromised kidney function and
older patients are at higher risk for metabolite accumulation.[51]
Chemistry
With a formula of C17H19NO3 and a molecular weight of 285.343, both identical to morphine,
hydromorphone can be considered a structural isomer of morphine and is a hydrogenated ketone
thereof.[52]
Hydromorphone is made from morphine either by direct re-arrangement (made by reflux heating of
alcoholic or acidic aqueous solution of morphine in the presence of platinum or palladium catalyst) or
reduction to dihydromorphine (usually via catalytic hydrogenation), followed by oxidation with
benzophenone in presence of potassium tert butoxide or aluminium tert butoxide (Oppenauer oxidation).
The 6 ketone group may be replaced with a methylene group via the Wittig reaction to produce 6-
Methylenedihydrodesoxymorphine, which is 80× stronger than morphine.[53]
Hydromorphone is more soluble in water than morphine; therefore, hydromorphone solutions may be
produced to deliver the drug in a smaller volume of water. The hydrochloride salt is soluble in three parts
of water, whereas a gram of morphine hydrochloride dissolves in 16 ml of water; for all common
purposes, the pure powder for hospital use can be used to produce solutions of virtually arbitrary
concentration. When the powder appeared on the street, this very small volume of powder needed for a
dose means that overdoses are likely for those who mistake it for heroin or other powdered narcotics,
especially those that have been diluted prior to consumption.[54]
Bacteria
Some bacteria have been shown to be able to turn morphine into closely related drugs, including
hydromorphone and dihydromorphine among others. The bacterium Pseudomonas putida serotype M10
produces a naturally-occurring NADH-dependent morphinone reductase that can work on unsaturated 7,8
bonds, with result that, when these bacteria are living in an aqueous solution containing morphine,
significant amounts of hydromorphone form, as it is an intermediary metabolite in this process; the same
goes for codeine being turned into hydrocodone.[55]
History
Hydromorphone was patented in 1923.[12] It was introduced to the mass market in 1926 under the brand
name Dilaudid,[56] indicating its derivation and degree of similarity to morphine (by way of laudanum).
Names
Hydromorphone is known in various countries around the world by the brand names Hydal, Dimorphone,
Exalgo, Sophidone LP, Dilaudid, Hydrostat, Hydromorfan, Hydromorphan, Hymorphan, Laudicon,
Opidol, Palladone, Hydromorph Contin, and others. An extended-release version of hydromorphone,
called Palladone, was available for a short time in the United States before being voluntarily withdrawn
from the market after a July 2005 FDA advisory warned of a high overdose potential when taken with
alcohol.[57] As of March 2010, it is still available in Nepal under the brand name Opidol, in the United
Kingdom under the brand name Palladone SR, and in most other European countries.
There has also been a once-daily prolonged release version of hydromorphone available in Australia
under the brand name Jurnista as of May 2009.[58]
Legal status
In the United States, the main drug control agency, the Drug Enforcement Administration, reports an
increase in annual aggregate production quotas of hydromorphone from 766 kilograms (1,689 pounds) in
1998 to 3,300 kilograms (7,300 lb) in 2006, and an increase in prescriptions in this time of 289%, from
about 470,000 to 1,830,000. The 2013 production quota was 5,968 kilograms (13,157 lb).[59]
Like all opioids used for analgesia, hydromorphone is potentially habit-forming and is listed in Schedule
II of the United States Controlled Substances Act of 1970 as well as in similar levels under the drugs laws
of practically all other countries and it is listed in the Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs. The DEA
ACSCN for hydromorphone is 9150.
Use in executions
In 2009, Ohio approved the use of an intramuscular injection of 500 mg of hydromorphone and a
supratherapeutic dose of midazolam as a backup means of carrying out executions by lethal injection
when a suitable vein cannot be found for intravenous injection.[60]
Hydromorphone and midazolam was injected intravenously to execute double-murderer Joseph Wood in
Arizona on 24 July 2014. Wood was heavily sedated (surgical anesthesia) within four minutes from start,
but took almost two hours to transition to stage 4 (cessation of respiration) and death.[61]
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