Harm Reduction Journal

Table 6 Odds of Abusing IR Morphine Via Specific Routes of Administration Relative to other Compounds

From: Abuse risks and routes of administration of different prescription opioid compounds and formulations

	Route of Administration
IR morphine vs.	Intended	Snort	Inject	Chew	Other
Hydrocodone	0.058^¥	1.014	125.00^¥	0.522^¥	1.404
IR oxycodone	0.106^¥	0.600^¥	23.256^¥	0.480^¥	1.050
IR fentanyl	5.682^£	1.537	19.231^¥	0.750	0.042^τ
IR hydromorphone	1.188	0.797	1.014	1.570^τ	1.043
IR oxymorphone	0.785	0.182^¥	8.479^¥	1.161	0.732
ER oxycodone	0.303^¥	0.262^¥	4.443^¥	0.526^τ	0.731
ER fentanyl	7.717^¥	20.806^¥	6.111^¥	1.312	0.034^¥
Methadone	0.098^¥	1.416^τ	19.590^¥	0.723	0.508^£
ER morphine	0.780	0.656^τ	1.533^£	1.041	1.887^τ
ER oxymorphone	1.498	0.075^¥	21.552^¥	0.829	3.561^τ

^¥p ≤ .0001
^£p ≤ .001
^τp ≤ .05

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