Hydromorphonedrug info
24 HR hydromorphone hydrochloride 12 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet
What it is used for
Hydromorphone hydrochloride extended-release tablets are indicated in opioid-tolerant patients for the management of severe and persistent pain that requires an opioid analgesic and that cannot be adequately treated with alternative options, including immediate-release opioids. Patients considered opioid tolerant are those who are receiving, for one week or longer, at least 60 mg oral morphine per day, 25 mcg transdermal fentanyl per hour, 30 mg oral oxycodone per day, 8 mg oral hydromorphone per day, 25 mg oral oxymorphone per day, 60 mg oral hydrocodone per day, or an equianalgesic dose of another opioid. Limitations of Use
Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, misuse, overdose, and death, which can occur at any dosage or duration and persist over the course of therapy, reserve opioid analgesics, including hydromorphone hydrochloride extended-release tablets, for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain.
Hydromorphone hydrochloride extended-release tablets are not indicated as an as-needed (prn) analgesic. Hydromorphone hydrochloride extended-release tablets are an opioid agonist indicated in opioid-tolerant patients for the management of severe and persistent pain that requires an opioid analgesic and that cannot be adequately treated with alternative options, including immediate-release opioids. Patients considered opioid tolerant are those who are taking, for one week or longer, at least 60 mg oral morphine per day, 25 mcg transdermal fentanyl per hour, 30 mg oral oxycodone per day, 8 mg oral hydromorphone per day, 25 mg oral oxymorphone per day, 60 mg oral hydrocodone per day, or an equianalgesic dose of another opioid. Limitations of Use
Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, misuse, overdose, and death, which can occur at any dosage or duration and persist over the course of therapy, reserve opioid analgesics, including hydromorphone hydrochloride extended-release tablets, for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain.
Hydromorphone hydrochloride extended-release tablets are not indicated as an as-needed (prn) analgesic.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective December 22, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Hydromorphone hydrochloride extended-release tablets are for oral use and contain hydromorphone hydrochloride, an opioid agonist. Hydromorphone hydrochloride USP is 4,5α-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-one hydrochloride. Hydromorphone hydrochloride is a white or almost white crystalline powder that is freely soluble in water, very slightly soluble in ethanol (96%), and practically insoluble in methylene chloride. Its empirical formula is C 17 H 19 NO 3
HCl. The compound has the following structural formula: Hydromorphone hydrochloride extended-release tablets also contain the following inactive ingredients: ammonio methacrylate copolymer, colloidal silicon dioxide, ethylcellulose, magnesium stearate, mannitol, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone, talc and triethyl citrate. The color coating of the tablets contains ferric oxide black, ferric oxide red (8, 16, and 32 mg only), ferric oxide yellow (8 and 16 mg only), hypromellose, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80 (12 mg only), propylene glycol, shellac, and titanium dioxide. structural formula
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective December 22, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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