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di·acetyldihy·dro·mor·phine
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diacetyldihydromorphinenoun
A particular narcotic painkiller.
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Diacetyldihydromorphine
Diacetyldihydromorphine is a potent opiate derivative developed in Germany in 1929 which is rarely used in some countries for the treatment of severe pain such as that caused by terminal cancer, as a more potent form of diamorphine. Diacetyldihydromorphine is fast acting and longer lasting than diamorphine, with a duration of action of around 4-7 hours. Diacetyldihydromorphine is quickly metabolized by plasma esterase enzymes into dihydromorphine, in the same way that diamorphine is metabolized into morphine; however unlike dihydromorphine, which is more potent than morphine on a mg to mg basis, diacetyldihydromorphine is actually less potent than diamorphine, perhaps because it is metabolized more slowly. Diacetyldihydromorphine is approximately equipotent to morphine whereas diamorphine is 1.50-1.80 times the potency of morphine. It shares with other opioids the risk of overdose or respiratory depression. When strong narcotics are required, and morphine and diamorphine are not an option, it is more common to use better known drugs such as nicomorphine, hydromorphone, levorphanol, oxymorphone or fentanyl which doctors will be more familiar with, and which do not share the stigma associated with either heroin or morphine.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of diacetyldihydromorphine in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of diacetyldihydromorphine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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