Morphinan is the base chemical structure of a subgroup of
opioids. It is also an alternative name for the drug
dromoran, which is a racaemic parent drug of Levo-Dromoran® (
levorphanol); both dromoran and levorphanol are used in medicine as analgesics, as is
dextrorphan, but levorphanol is by far the most commonly-used.
Morphinans