Hydromorphone, also known as dihydromorphinone, and sold under the brand name Dilaudid among others, is a morphinanopioid used to treat moderate to severe pain.[7] Typically, long-term use is only recommended for pain due to cancer.[9] It may be used by mouth or by injection into a vein, muscle, or under the skin.[7] Effects generally begin within half an hour and last for up to five hours.[7] A 2016 Cochrane review (updated in 2021) found little difference in benefit between hydromorphone and other opioids for cancer pain.[10]
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^World Health Organization (2023). The selection and use of essential medicines 2023: web annex A: World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 23rd list (2023). Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/371090. WHO/MHP/HPS/EML/2023.02.