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