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Talk:Oxymorphazone
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Oxymorphazone was first synthesised in 1979 by a team of Chemists at Rockefeller University, New York. Recent attempts to build effective irreversible opioid agonists encouraged the team to develop a hydrazone derivative of oxymorphone.
There is no documented human consumption of oxymorphazone. This is potentially due to its high addiction liability and extremely long duration.
Oxymorphazone is an opioid of the morphinan class. Oxymorphazone and other molecules of this class contain a polycyclic core of three benzene rings fused in a zig-zag pattern called phenanthrene. A fourth nitrogen containing ring is fused to the phenanthrene at R9 and R13 with the nitrogen member looking at R17 of the combined structure. This structure is called morphinan. Oxymorphazone is structurally similar to Oxymorphone, with a C6 substitution of oxygen with a hydrazone group.
Oxymorphazone is long acting, irreversible μ-opioidreceptor (MOR) agonist. This occurs due to the way in which opioids structurally mimic endogenous endorphins. Endorphins are responsible for analgesia (reducing pain), causing sleepiness, and feelings of pleasure. They can be released in response to pain, strenuous exercise, orgasm, or excitement. This mimicking of natural endorphins results in the drug's euphoric, analgesic (pain relief), and anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) effects.
These appear to stem from the way in which opioids mimic endogenous endorphins. Endorphins are responsible for analgesia (reducing pain), causing sleepiness, and feelings of pleasure. They can be released in response to pain, strenuous exercise, orgasm, or excitement. This mimicking of natural endorphins results in the drug's effects.
Oxymorphazone is estimated to be 50-100% as potent as oxymorphone[2]. Although oxymorphazone is active on its own, research suggests that oxymorphazone's extremely long duration of effects and irreversible binding is a result of rapid degradation to oxymorphonazine. Oxymorphonazine is some 20-40x more potent and forms a covalent bond with the MOR, causing extensively long clearance.
Due to strong binding affinity and it's long action, tolerance to oxymorphazone builds very rapidly[2] and physical dependence is guaranteed, even from just one administration of the substance.
Disclaimer: The effects listed below cite the Subjective Effect Index (SEI), an open research literature based on anecdotal user reports and the personal analyses of PsychonautWikicontributors. As a result, they should be viewed with a healthy degree of skepticism.
It is also worth noting that these effects will not necessarily occur in a predictable or reliable manner, although higher doses are more liable to induce the full spectrum of effects. Likewise, adverse effects become increasingly likely with higher doses and may include addiction, severe injury, or death ☠.
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Warning:Many psychoactive substances that are reasonably safe to use on their own can suddenly become dangerous and even life-threatening when combined with certain other substances. The following list provides some known dangerous interactions (although it is not guaranteed to include all of them).
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Legal status
United Kingdom - Oxymorphone is a Class A, Schedule 2 drug in the United Kingdom. It has no medical uses. [3]
United States - Oxymorphazone is a Schedule I Controlled Substance in the United States. It is considered to be unsafe and holds no medical value. [4]
