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Heroin

Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the dried latex of the opium poppy; it is mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Heroin is used medically in several countries to relieve pain, such as during childbirth or a heart attack. Medical-grade…

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3D model (JSmol)
Interactive image
Addiction liability
Very high
AHFS/Drugs.com
heroin
ATC code
N07BC06 (WHO)
Bioavailability
<35% (by mouth), 44–61% (inhalation)
CAS Number
561-27-3 Y · HCl: 1502-95-0 Y

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Injection

Smoking

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Overdose

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Heroin

Nodes305
Edges304
Triples181
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006557
Components1

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Heroin

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related to Names · 13
Heroin → Big, Black Tar, British Approved Name, Chiva, Diamorphine, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Other, Smack, South African, Thunder, Whoonga
has effect · 10
Heroin → Equipotent, However, MAM, Repeated, Some, Studies, Tolerance, Users, While, With
related to External links · 10
Heroin → BBCDrug-poisoning Deaths Involving Heroin, Health, Human ServicesHeroin Trafficking, July, United States, United States Archived, US Congressional Research Service, US Department, Wayback Machine, When Heroin Was Legal
Legal status · 9
Heroin → AU: S9 (Prohibited substance), BR: Class F1 (Prohibited narcotics), CA: Schedule I, DE: Anlage I, II and III, NZ: Class A, SE: Förteckning I, UK: Class A, UN: Narcotic Schedules I and IV, US: Schedule I
related to Injection · 9
Heroin → Contracting, Europe, HIV, Injection, Intravenous, Some, The, United States, Users
related to Recreational · 8
Heroin → Anthropologist Michael Agar, Bayer's, It, Its, Morphine, Short-term, Tolerance, When
related to Pharmacology · 6
Heroin → Analgesia, G-protein, MAM, Once, Unlike, When
related to Routes of administration · 6
Heroin → Ingestion, Smoking, The, These, Thus, While
see also · 6
Heroin → Allegations, CIA, Heroin-based, Medicine, Politics, Southeast Asia
related to Medical uses · 5
Heroin → In, It, Under, United Kingdom, United States

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diamorphine drug morphine opium use also may used effects users opioid pain drugs addiction production injection administration countries treatment afghanistan

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Heroin3D model (JSmol)Interactive image1.00infobox
HeroinAddiction liabilityVery high1.00infobox
HeroinAHFS/Drugs.comheroin1.00infobox
HeroinATC codeN07BC06 (WHO)1.00infobox
HeroinBioavailability<35% (by mouth), 44–61% (inhalation)1.00infobox
HeroinCAS Number561-27-3 Y1.00infobox
HeroinCAS NumberHCl: 1502-95-0 Y1.00infobox
HeroinChEBICHEBI:27808 Y1.00infobox
HeroinChEMBLChEMBL459324 Y1.00infobox
HeroinChemSpider4575379 Y1.00infobox
HeroinCompTox Dashboard (EPA)DTXSID60467611.00infobox
HeroinDependence liabilityVery high1.00infobox
HeroinDrug classOpioid1.00infobox
HeroinDrugBankDB01452 Y1.00infobox
HeroinDuration of action4–5 hours1.00infobox
HeroinECHA InfoCard100.008.3801.00infobox
HeroinElimination half-life2–3 minutes1.00infobox
HeroinExcretion90% kidney as glucuronides, rest bile duct1.00infobox
HeroinFormulaC21H23NO51.00infobox
HeroinKEGGD07286 Y1.00infobox
HeroinLegal statusAU: S9 (Prohibited substance)1.00infobox
HeroinLegal statusBR: Class F1 (Prohibited narcotics)1.00infobox
HeroinLegal statusCA: Schedule I1.00infobox
HeroinLegal statusDE: Anlage I, II and III1.00infobox
HeroinLegal statusNZ: Class A1.00infobox
HeroinLegal statusUK: Class A1.00infobox
HeroinLegal statusUS: Schedule I1.00infobox
HeroinLegal statusUN: Narcotic Schedules I and IV1.00infobox
HeroinLegal statusSE: Förteckning I1.00infobox
HeroinMetabolismLiver1.00infobox

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