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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
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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
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Posted
Mon 16 Aug 2010 3:50pm
The morphine was prescribed for the mother and by mistake the drug was given to the newborn baby. This is an odd one as I think it’s very rare that a newborn would be given morphine but it must have been busy on the floor that day. According to the article the baby was given the shot while being held by the mother.
The corrective action
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Posted
Tue 11 Jan 2011 10:04pm
Labels again, somewhat takes me back to the Dennis Quaid story with labels on blood thinners, and this is even more of safety issue with morphine. Roxane Labs... run high everywhere.
It has only been a year since the FDA approved the morphine sulfate oral solution for severe and chronic pain. A number of generic morphine
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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
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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
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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
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