Norlevorphanol is an

opioid Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects. Medically they are primarily used for pain relief, including anesthesia. Other medical uses include suppression of diarrhea, replacement therapy for opioid use ...

analgesic of the

morphinan Morphinan is the prototype chemical structure of a large chemical class of psychoactive drugs, consisting of opiate analgesics, cough suppressants, and dissociative hallucinogens, among others. Structure Morphinan has a phenanthrene core struct ...

family that was never marketed. It is the ''levo''- isomer of

3-hydroxymorphinan 3-Hydroxymorphinan (3-HM), or morphinan-3-ol, is a psychoactive drug of the morphinan family. It is the racemic counterpart to norlevorphanol. The dextrorotatory stereoisomer of the compound is an active metabolite of dextromethorphan, dextrorph ...

(morphinan-3-ol). Norlevorphanol is a Schedule I Narcotic controlled substance in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

with an

ACSCN Administrative Controlled Substances Code Number (ACSCN) is a number assigned to drugs listed on the schedules created by the US Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The ACSCN is defined in 21 CFR § 1308.03(a). Each chemical/drug on one of the schedu ...

of 9634 and in 2014 it had an annual aggregate manufacturing quota of 52 grams. It is used as the hydrobromide (free base conversion ratio 0.750) and

hydrochloride In chemistry, a hydrochloride is an acid salt resulting, or regarded as resulting, from the reaction of hydrochloric acid with an organic base (e.g. an amine). An alternative name is chlorhydrate, which comes from French. An archaic alternative n ...

(0.870).http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/quotas/conv_factor/index.html

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Phenols Analgesics Morphinans Mu-opioid receptor agonists Synthetic opioids Enantiopure drugs {{analgesic-stub

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