2007-05-21 08:15:05 · 5 answers · asked by David Z 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Oxymorphone-ER is twice as potent as the infamous Oxycontin (oxycodone-ER) and much more potent than morphine or heroin (8.7 times as potent as morphine.)
2007-05-21 08:23:23 · answer #1 · answered by GVD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are narcotics prescribed for moderate to severe pain relief. Both are highly addictive. Both are commonly abused.
Both are derivatives from the opium plant, and are synthesized from "thebaine", which is an opiate alkaloid...similar in chemical composition to codiene, morphine, etc. (other opiates)
The difference between the two is a slight change in the chemical structure. The effects are pretty much identical, although oxymorphone has stronger narcotic effects, and therefore is prescribed in smaller milligrams. Both are significantly stronger than morphine, mg. per mg.
Oxymorphone is found in the drug "numorphan" and is less common that oxycodone, which is found in brand name drugs such as "oxycontin", "percodan", "percoset", "oxy-IR", and "tylox".
2007-05-21 08:28:19 · answer #2 · answered by PaPaFreak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oxymorphone...brand name was described by the oncologist treating my mom as the closest thing to heroin allowed in the US for pain management.
2007-05-21 08:40:07 · answer #3 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same difference between morphine and codiene, strength.
2007-05-21 08:20:04 · answer #4 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Two guts is a balls
2016-05-19 00:28:24 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋