Metopon

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Metopon
File:Metopon structure.svg
Systematic (IUPAC) name
5β-methyl-7,8-dihydromorphin-6-one
Clinical data
Legal status
Identifiers
CAS Number 143-52-2 YesY
ATC code none
PubChem CID: 5359353
ChemSpider 4514264 YesY
UNII 94XZ1CC69D YesY
Chemical data
Formula C18H21NO3
Molecular mass 299.364 g/mol
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  • InChI=1S/C18H21NO3/c1-17-14(21)6-4-11-12-9-10-3-5-13(20)16(22-17)15(10)18(11,17)7-8-19(12)2/h3,5,11-12,20H,4,6-9H2,1-2H3/t11-,12+,17-,18-/m0/s1 YesY
  • Key:NPZXCTIHHUUEEJ-CMKMFDCUSA-N YesY
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Metopon (5-methyldihydromorphone)[1] is an opiate analogue that is a methylated derivative of hydromorphone which was invented in 1929 as an analgesic.[2]

Metopon is sometimes used in medicine, although longer acting than hydromorphone, Metopon is less potent and its oral bioavailability is fairly low. Generally, Metopon has few advantages to distinguish it from other, more commonly used opioid analgesics,[3] although it does have a slightly lower tendency to produce nausea and respiratory depression compared to morphine.[4]

In Canada, as of 1948, the hydrochloride of metopon (free base conversion ratio 0.891, molecular weight 335.8) was available only for oral administration for malignant pain and for maintenance of those habituated to morphine; the only dosage form available was singly scored 8 mg tablets. It was manufactured by Parke, Davis, & Co., and was only for sale to doctors and hospitals. Parke, Davis & Co. did not sell metopon to pharmacies.[5] It is unknown whether metopon tablets are still manufactured and sold in Canada.

Metopon tablets, ampoules, and suppositories are available in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and other countries in Continental Europe and the drug is used in Patient Controlled Analgesia pumps for severe chronic pain in particular. Metopon is listed under Schedule II of the US Controlled Substances Act 1970, meaning it has an accepted medical use, but at this time it is not produced commercially and is seen only in laboratory research. It did see some use in medicine — oncology in particular — in the USA in the 1950s. Currently metopon, which has a DEA ACSCN of 9260, does not have an annual manufacturing quota listed in the Federal Register[6] and the bulk of the research on the drug at this time is taking place in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

CAS number 124-92-5 (Metopon hydrochloride)

Synthesis

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Metopon synthesis:[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ US Patent 2178010
  2. ↑ Eddy NB. Pharmacology of Metopon and other new analgesic opium derivatives. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1948; 51(1):51–58.
  3. ↑ McLaughlin JP, Nowak D, Sebastian A, Schultz AG, Archer S, Bidlack JM. Metopon and two unique derivatives: affinity and selectivity for the multiple opioid receptors. European Journal of Pharmacology. 1995 Dec 27;294(1):201-6.
  4. ↑ Daniel Lednicer. Central Analgetics. (1982), p145. ISBN 0-471-08314-3
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/quotas/2013/fr0703_2.htm
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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