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That's quite an odd question, because morphine is actually derived from opium!
Opium is the latex you get from the opium poppy - papaver somniferum - and it contains several useful opiates including codiene and morphine. It also contains thebaine, which although not useful itself, is converted into many useful drugs such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone etc..
The only thing I've heard of that is 'derived' from morphine is heroin, or diacetylmorphine. This was initially used as an alternative to morphine for addicts, because they thought it was less addictive. Unfortunately as you probably know this is definitely not the case and sadly they created a load of heroin addicts.
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∙ 12y agoHeroin.. In my 'improved answer' I interpret the word "classification" as a legal term. It can also be a medical classification term as well. The answer given was: Heroin. The opium poppy yields several natural occurring alkaloid's of opium. Most are narcotics and one is not,(Papavarine). In short, from a legal definition, most drugs derived from Poppy's are classified as a Schedule II (2) through the Controlled Substance Act of 1971 or 1972(While President Nixon was in office). Also note that Codeine can be classified as a Sched.III (3) BUT only if it is mixed with certain amounts of Aspirin, Tylenol, ibuprofen, etc. Plain Codeine Sulfate/Phosphate NOT MIXED, is a Sched. II (2)... If any of you have a question that you do not feel has been answered on Answers.com, simply Goggle/Bing, etc your question and you will get the correct answer you need. Thank you for allowing me to "edit' this answer.... Tom
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∙ 11y agoThey would include morphine, heroin, codeine, and thebaine. Thebaine is used as a starting base for a number of semi-synthetic drugs such as hydrocodone and hydromorphone.
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Where was morphine originated?
Morphine is generally kept locked up in hospitals. Pharmacies do not normally carry morphine. Morphine is a controlled substance because it is derived from or emulates the same opioid source that heroin comes from.
What is the plant of morphine?
Morphine is derived from opium, which is extacted from the Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum.
Morphine and heroin are?
heroin is a bad drug and so is morphine
What category are morphine tablets?
Morphine is an Opiad if that is what you mean. That means that it is derived for opium which comes from poppies. Similar to heroin.
What is opium poppy?
The opium poppy is a type of plant in which opium and poppy seeds come from. Opium is where many narcotics like morphine, are taken from.
How do they make morphine?
Although morphine can be synthesized by an organic chemist, its is far cheaper and economical to retrieve morphine from opium. Opium comes from a type of flowering plant that contains several chemicals that are medically useful, morphine is one such chemical. There are various processes for isolating morphine from opium/poppy straw, but suffice to say, organic chemistry techniques are involved.
What is the percentage of Morphine in pure Opium?
opium contains 10-16 percent of morphine.
What is codeine derived from?
Codeine is the stepped down version of morphine, which is the active ingredient in the opium scrapped from opium poppies. Google codeine to see the chemical process in preparing this substance.
What does morphine contain?
The active ingredient in morphine preparations (immediate-release and timed-release tablets, transdermal patches, and solutions for injection) is morphine. That is the opiate taken to reduce pain.
Is morphine an opium?
No. Opium is a mixture of several drugs, one of which is morphine. Heroin is a derivative of morphine. The two are similar but unrelated (except that the morphine is usually taken from opium).
Does opium on a drug test only means heroin sHow is up not oxycodone or roxicet?
Any Opioied drug can show up on a tox screen for that particulare narcotic and it will not difereciate between Heroin opium, oxy, vicodin morphine etc. there all derived from the same thing. Oxy is sythetic derived from Morphine, Morphine from Opium, Heroin from Morphine, Hydrocodone from Coidene, Coidene also from Opium. Opium has somthing in the order of i think 26 ingrediants:Morphine, Codiene, Theibeain, and so on. So in other words if you need a drug screen let them know what meds you have been on so they can expect a pop for "heroin" even popie seen bagles can possibly show as "o" or Heroin.
Where does Oxymorphone come from?
Oxymorphone is a semi-synthetic opioid drug related to morphine and codeine. It is derived from thebaine, a constituent of opium gum from poppies.
