Category: alkaloid
Aliases: diamorphine, diacetylmorphine, smack
Diacetylmorphine — a lipophilic morphine prodrug that crosses the blood-brain barrier rapidly, then is deacetylated to 6-monoacetylmorphine and morphine, the active µ-opioid agonists. The fast onset accounts for the intense "rush"; effects (analgesia, euphoria, respiratory depression) are morphine-mediated.
IV: 0.05h