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Normethadone

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Trade names
  
Cophylac

CAS Number
  
467-85-6

ChemSpider
  
9687

ATC code
  
R05DA06 (WHO)

PubChem CID
  
10090

Molar mass
  
295.419 g/mol

Normethadone

Legal status
  
AU: S9 (Prohibited) CA: Schedule I DE: Anlage III (Prescription only) US: Schedule I

Normethadone (INN, BAN; brand names Cophylac, Dacartil, Eucopon, Mepidon, Noramidone, Normedon, and others), also known as desmethylmethadone or phenyldimazone, is a synthetic opioid analgesic and antitussive agent. Normethadone is listed under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 and is an Schedule I Narcotic controlled substance in the United States, with a DEA ACSCN of 9635 and an annual manufacturing quota of 2 grams. The salts in use are the hydrobromide (free base conversion ratio 0.785), hydrochloride (0.890), methyliodide (0.675), oxalate (0.766), picrate (0.563), and the 2,6-ditertbutylnapthalindisulphonate (0.480)

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Normethadone Wikipedia