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Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Capsules (morphine sulfate) an opioid agonist, are for oral use and contain pellets of morphine sulfate. Each Morphine Sulfate Extended-Release Capsules contain either 20 mg, 30 mg, 50 mg, 60 mg, 80 mg, or 100 mg of Morphine Sulfate USP and the following inactive ingredients common to all strengths: diethyl phthalate, ethyl cellulose, hypromellose, methacrylic acid copolymer, polyethylene glycol, sugar spheres, talc and triethyl citrate. The capsule shells contain gelatin, titanium dioxide, and black ink, D&C yellow #10, FD&C yellow #6 (20 mg), D&C red #28, FD&C blue #1 (30 mg), FD&C blue #1 (50 mg), D&C red #28, FD&C blue #1, FD&C red #40 (60 mg), FD&C yellow #6, FD&C red #40 (80 mg), FD&C yellow #6, FD&C green #3 (100 mg). The black imprint ink contains shellac glaze – 45% (20% esterified) in ethanol, iron oxide black, n-butyl alcohol, propylene glycol, SDA 3A alcohol, methanol, FD&C blue #2/indigo carmine aluminum lake, FD&C red #40/allura red AC aluminum lake, FD&C blue #1/brilliant blue FCF aluminum lake, D&C yellow #10 aluminum lake. The chemical name of morphine sulfate is 7,8-didehydro-4,5 α - epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6 α-diol sulfate (2:1) (salt) pentahydrate. The empirical formula is (C 17 H 19 NO 3 ) 2 ∙H 2 SO 4 ∙5H 2 O and its molecular weight is 758.85. Morphine sulfate is an odorless, white, crystalline powder with a bitter taste. It has a solubility of 1 in 21 parts of water and 1 in 1000 parts of alcohol, but is practically insoluble in chloroform or ether. The octanol: water partition coefficient of morphine is 1.42 at physiologic pH and the pK b is 7.9 for the tertiary nitrogen (mostly ionized at pH 7.4). Its structural formula is: FDA approved dissolution test specifications differ from USP Chemical Structure