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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Deliv Transl Res. 2012 Aug 1;3(1):63–74. doi: 10.1007/s13346-012-0092-0

Table 1.

Chemical properties of naloxone, naltrexone, hydromorphone and butorhpanol [36]

Drug Name Molecular Weight pKa Log P
Naloxone 327 7.9 2
Naltrexone 341 8.1 1.9
Hydromorphone 285 8.5 1.8
Butorphanol
Tartrate
327 8.6 3.77