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No, morphine has a higher potency then demerol, which is also known as meperidine.
The elimination half-life is the indicator of duration of action. The number for morphine is about 2 hours. The number for Demerol is 3 to 6 hours. Demerol has a longer duration of action than morphine.
Morphine and Demerol (meperidine) are both opioid analgesics, but their potency differs. Generally, morphine is considered stronger on a milligram-to-milligram basis. Specifically, 4 mg of morphine is approximately equivalent to 50-75 mg of Demerol, making morphine significantly more potent. Therefore, 4 mg of morphine is indeed stronger than 50 mg of Demerol.
No. Only morphine and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) will break down into the same compound. Demerol reduces to norperidine after it is metabolized.
If patient is truly allergic to either Demerol or Fentanyl (i.e. anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock), then give morphine. Both drugs mentioned above are synthetics, which are completely different family from morphine, which is an alkaloid. Hope this helps.
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i am a student and have just been assigned a 92 year old patient with an allergy to demerol and morphine. What would be safe for pain ?
Meperidine is Demerol, similar to morphine. The question I think you are meaning to ask is, what is Mepergan Fortis. This medicine is a mixture of Demerol & Phenergan. Lovely drug for when you are hurt and need sleep.
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Can you take lortab and demerol together?
Drugs such as Morphine and Meperidine (Demerol) are in the C-II (Schedule 2) class
no no Demerol is pain killer