Question 1

can you tell me how a morphine overdose kill a person?

Accepted Answer

Stops breathing: Morphine overdose will make the person stop breathing. With no breathing, oxygen levels in the blood will start to go down until they are too low for the heart to function. The person's heart will then stops. The blood flow to the brain will then be interrupted, brain will cease receiving oxygen via the blood and brain tissue will die and stop working. The person is then dead.

Question 2

my friend has leukaemia and the hospital has put her on morphine. will the morphine kill her?

Accepted Answer

Not today: If she is in the late stages, the painkillers may suppress her breathing some and make pneumonia more likely, but this is well worth the risk. Morphine is not given today with the intent or expectation of ending life. In fact, it is often one of the keys to humane care of very sick people, whether or not recovery is expected.

Question 3

i am curious if i added vodka to zopiclone, abilify (aripiprazole) and morphine would it kill me?

Accepted Answer

Dangerous: This combination can lead to fatal respiratory suppression (cessation of breathing).

Question 4

what medicine contains morphine?

Accepted Answer

Morphine: Morphine is usually not in a combined medication. There is one significant exception and that is combination Morphine/Naltrexone. The latter blocks some of the effects of morphine, theoretically preventing addiction.

Question 5

what are common nicknames for morphine?

Accepted Answer

Morphine: There are none. Sometimes a reference is made to the actual morphine product eg Kadian, MS Contin etc....

Question 6

how is morphine used now and in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

Several reasons.: Morphine is used for pain (acute and chronic) and shortness of breath.  It has always been used for pain, earlier on it was for sleep, and during the last decades it was considered a must give for chest pain patients.  That has since changed.  .  Some people use it for entertainment purposes, but that is not the purpose as prescribed by a physician or legally prescribed in the United States.

Question 7

does morphine have codine in?

Accepted Answer

Morphine Not Codiene: Nope. These are two different narcotics. There is nothing about them that combines into one drug.

Question 8

can morphine affect inr level?

Accepted Answer

No: There is no relation.

Question 9

can i use out of date morphine?

Accepted Answer

?: Have no idea how out of date the morphine is or if it is liquid in a sealed ampule or in a pill form.  I wouldn't.

Question 10

is morphine or dilaudid stronger?

Accepted Answer

Potency?: It depends on the amount of each.  Dilaudid is more potent on a milligram to milligram basis.

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