
How to Test Tapentadol Hydrochloride
Tapentadol, a centrally acting opioid analgesic, is used in the treatment of moderate to severe acute and chronic pain, as well as the management of neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy in adults (extended release formulation only). How to Test Tapentadol Hydrochloride Tapentadol functions as an opiate agonist by binding to mu-opioid receptors and inhibiting norepinephrine reuptake. Approximately 97% of the parent drug is metabolised. The main route of tapentadol metabolism is conjugation with glucuronic acid to produce glucuronides. Tapentadol and its metabolites (N-desmethyltapentadol and hydroxyl-tapentadol) are excreted almost entirely through the kidneys, with the conjugated form accounting for approximately 70% of the drug excreted in urine. Tapentadol meta...