Health knowledge made personal
Please enter a search word or phrase.
The search word cannot have more than 100 characteres.
60-mg Morphine - Articles
Nebulized Morphine
by
Teresa N.
Posted
Mon 26 Jul 2010 10:10pm
Do any of you nebulize morphine at your hospital?
I am a bit irritated at how my hospital goes about this. We are not allowed to get morphine out of the pyxis, but have orders for nebulized treatments. We have to get the nurse to get it for us. I don't understand why we cannot be trusted to remove morphine from the pyxis, but are still
Read on »
Experimental Pain-Killing Drug Is More Potent, Longer Acting Than Morphine
by
Ed H.
Posted
Wed 05 Jan 2011 5:40pm
A little-known morphinelike drug is potentially more potent, longer lasting and less likely to cause constipation than standard morphine, a study led by a Loyola University Health System anesthesiologist has found.
The drug, morphine-6-0-sulfate, has a similar chemical structure to standard morphine. Dr. Joseph Holtman Jr. and colleagues reported
Read on »
FDA reversal OKs morphine painkiller – still ok for dying patients
by
Medical Quack

Posted
Fri 10 Apr 2009 11:47pm
on the tongue to relieve pain. FDA is still looking at other pain killing drugs with their study. BD
(AP) -- A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients... that it was ordering manufacturers to stop making 14 medications including the liquid morphine. All were developed so long ago they had never received FDA approval.
The reversal was welcomed
Read on »
Morphine and MS
by
Blinders off ..
Posted
Tue 27 Jan 2009 8:06pm
The patch starts at 25mcg and of course that is what I was started on. It was too much for my body to handle after three weeks of continuous morphine going into by body. I talked about how good I felt on the morphine patch and how it turned on me. Well, I am happy to annouce the patch comes in a lower dose of 12mcg…it just came on the market
Read on »
Morphine, Opiates Help Prevent PTSD
by
Jeremiah D.
Posted
Thu 14 Jan 2010 12:00am
Great article in the NY Times reviewing reseach regarding the possible benefits of being administered morphine or other opiates promptly after a traumatic event... treatment with morphine cut in half the chances that troops would develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress later on. Other opiates are likely to have similar effects, experts said
Read on »
Arthritis Patients Driving Ability May Not Be Affected by Morphine Painkillers
by
awesome
Posted
Sat 05 Jun 2010 7:46pm
, including driving a vehicle.
For many with arthritis that treatment can include moderate, long term use opioid-based painkillers such as morphine. A recent study performed by a team..., 51 long term oral morphine users and 49 who were not taking any pain medication. All of the participants were monitored in a driving simulator for 12 minutes which measured
Read on »