MORPHINIUM CHLORIDE

Chemical properties

White or almost white, crystalline powder or colourless, silky needles or cubical masses, efflorescent in a dry atmosphere.

The Uses of MORPHINIUM CHLORIDE

Opioid receptor agonist; analgesic.

Definition

ChEBI: The hydrochloride salt of morphine.

Contact allergens

Morphine bitartrate caused contact dermatitis in a worker at a plant producing opium alkaloids. Morphine hydrochloride and morphine bitartrate showed patchtest- positive reactions in another patient with contact dermatitis working in the production of concentrated poppy straw. We observed a concomitant reaction between a morphine base and a codeine base in a patient with drug skin eruption due to codeine.

Safety Profile

Poison by ingestion, intraperitoneal, intravenous, parenteral, and subcutaneous routes. An experimental teratogen. Experimental reproductive effects. Abuse leads to habituation or addiction. When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumes of NOx and HCl.

storage

Store at RT