Morphine
Is it helping or killing?
Description
Type of drug
Morphine is an opioid pain medication. An opioid is sometimes called a narcotic. Morphine is used to treat moderate to severe pain. The extended-release form of this medicine is for around-the-clock treatment of pain. This form of morphine is not to be taken like Advil, it is only for fast acting relief when in a medical center of some sort. However Morphine is not for treating short-term pain after surgery or procedures unless you were already taking morphine before the events.
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how is it used
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Like other opiates, morphine causes slow breathing, lowered heart rate, dopiness, constipation, euphoria and itchiness. Too much morphine can result in unconsciousness, cardiac arrest, suffocation due to lack of breathing and coma, even death. When opiates like morphine are withdrawn, the effects of this withdrawal include not only dope sickness but also strong cravings for more of the drug. These cravings can over take someones thoughts and stop them from being able to make rational decisions. The person may have taken more drugs before they even know what happened
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