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Hydromorphone hydrochloride injection is indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternate treatments are inadequate. Limitation of Use: Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, misuse,overdose, and death,, which can occur at any dosage or duration, and persist over the course of therapy [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS (5.2)], reserve opioid analgesics, including hydromorphone hydrochloride injection for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain.