Di-oxy Hydro Morphine

[Opiyum]

Burroughs mentions this substance as a kind of philosophers stone in one of his books. A theorerical opiate that would surpass all the others in strength. Is there anyone who can elaborate on this topic?

[PRIZEFIGHTERINFERNO]

what particular book. any other info would be great i would like to give my opinion but dont remember offhand. I could take a look though....??? peace

[devilsdrug]

oh shit yea thats som mea fuggin shi or was that di hydro oxy morphine

[Opiyum]

Well its gotta be one of the ones I have so I'll check.

[Opiyum]

Okay I think I may have fallen victim to a chemistry joke. This is what pg. 223 reads in the Restored Text edition of Naked Lunch:
Basically he is talking about scientists who, at the time, were looking into non-habit forming morphine would kill pain and not give pleasure. Also how addicts want "-or think they want-" euphoria without addiction. He goes on to say "I dont see how the functions of morphine can be separated."
...
"Any effective painkiller will depress sexual function, induce euphoria and cause addiction.
The perfect painkiller would probably be immediately habit forming.( If anyone is interested to devlop such a drug, DIHYDRO-OXY-HEROIN might be a good place to start.)"


So I assume its some sort of chemistry joke that I didn't pay enough attention in school to be able to get or it's something that they snuck into the "Restored Texts" and noone with the will or the know-how to explore such an idea saw it.

The Restored Text in question here is in the Letters from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs. Written on August 3rd, 1956in Venice. It was reprinted from The British Journal of Addiction, Vol 53, No.2.

So that's that. I dunno what to think.

[Opiyum]

The philosophers stone was actually him talking about Apomorphine a few pages ealier. I must have confused them.

[clinton]

INTERESTING......

[exitwound]

He mentioned several strange, possibly purely fictional, variants of Morphine:

Apomorphine
Amorphine
Di-hydro-morphine
Di-oxy-hydro-morphine

Sometimes he mentions one or more of these as legendary WD cures and credits them (usually Apomorphine) with bringing about his freedom from junk....

[insanesteveo]

i just looked up apomorphine on wiki. this is a good sentence. i might have considered being gay.

"Historically, apomorphine has been tried for a variety of uses including psychiatric treatment of homosexuality in the early 20th century."

and then i also wish i had problems with my penis.
"Currently, apomorphine is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease) or erectile dysfunction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erectile_dysfunction)."


im sure this drug doesnt have a very good high, plus it breaks down quickly in plastic containers.

[superman]

i just looked up apomorphine on wiki. this is a good sentence. i might have considered being gay.

"Historically, apomorphine has been tried for a variety of uses including psychiatric treatment of homosexuality in the early 20th century."

and then i also wish i had problems with my penis.
"Currently, apomorphine is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease) or erectile dysfunction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erectile_dysfunction)."


im sure this drug doesnt have a very good high, plus it breaks down quickly in plastic containers.


apomorphine does not act on opiod receptors, but rather on dopamine receptors. It's used as a sexual stimulant, crappy smart-drug, and can be used to induce vomiting.

no recreational value

[jacky]

apomorphine is found in small amounts in the common lotus, and in certian nympheae species.

the compound is used for erection control, and is expensive, and sold in small milligram amounts.

I think it is weird that there hasnt been more written about apomorphine much. at least I havnt noticed much, I will go check out some more info on the compound. Burroughs seems to think that the treatment that he underwent was succesful. very interesting.

when I looked up di oxy hydro morphine I was offered dioxy-hydromorphone listings ...looking them up I found nothing of interest, barely a post that even mentioned the word. what I did find however is a file about drugs, drug action, and alot of very well put together notes of pharmokinetics etc. almost like it was written by a student of biology/pharmacology as a study aid.
the .doc document is:
Psych 436 Notes.doc- microsoft word
if that doesnt get you there then let me know, very interesting info that would be unknown to me if someone wasnt spelling it out in plain text. even some of the remarks make me think the person is pro-drug, or at least not a say no type

I think with all the different types of opiate/opioid compound structures and interaction with a number of opaite receptors that a large number of opiates/opioids lay in wait for discovery, of course in the synthetic or partial synthetic sense, but also in the organic world, some compounds, sitting in flesh, plant matter, even fungi perhaps, that effect the opiate receptors, and that have novel structures that lay for time being, outside the concern of the law.

I have taken lotus flowers, and nympheae flowers, and extracts of both, and only really noticed alot of effects when I was not using opiates on a daily basis. perhaps taking opaites with apomorphine renders the apomorphine useless? I have noticed a very strong orgasm once when eating the blue nympheae flowers, and also an obvious psychoactive effect.

[dorje]

opiate fungi alright ! I'll have my salad with a sprinkle just a soupcon of those knee droppin fungi
The thing about Apomorphine is it makes you vomit a lot. So you may be sexually stimulate by your lady is going to be mucho grossed out. Not romantic at all.
Richard Pryor "What's the matter baby Ain't northin but a little vomit