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Heroin

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FormulaC21H23NO5
IUPAC ID(5α,6α)-7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methylmorphinan-3,6-diol diacetate
Molar mass369. 4176 g/mol
Melting point173 °C
Boiling point273 °C
CAS ID561-27-3
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID546450
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Heroin, also known as diamorphine among other names, is an opioid most commonly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medically it is used in several countries to relieve pain or in opioid replacement therapy.

Gosport hospital deaths: 'My father's life was ended by someone else'

Feb 15,2020 9:27 pm

David Huntington's father, Robert Wilson , was sent to Gosport War Memorial Hospital in 1998 to recover from a broken shoulder and other health problems.

He died Two Days after being given diamorphine - Pure Heroin - in large doses.

An inquiry found that he was one of between 450 and 650 patients whose lives were shortened after they were given massive doses of painkillers at The Hospital in the 1990s.

Dr Jane Barton, The Doctor at the centre of the scandal, was disciplined by The General Medical Council in 2010 for serious professional misconduct, but she was not struck off and retired soon after.

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Source of news: bbc.com

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