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Morphine is a natural product of the opium poppy plant. Of the many mind-altering compounds in the opium poppy, morphine is the strongest. The drug has many important medical uses, all having to do with pain control. It is never used to treat emotional or psychological problems.
For many people recovering from painful surgery-and for even more people facing the daily agony of end-stage cancer-morphine can dramatically improve their quality of life. The drug, called an opiate, has been used for pain relief for many years, in many different cultures worldwide.
When prescribed for a patient by a physician, morphine can help speed recovery from operations, ease the pain and trauma of childbirth, and give dying people relief from incurable pain. When used illegally as a recreational drug solely to get high, morphine is highly addictive with many unpleasant side effects. When purchased on the street, it is usually found in the form of heroin, a substance that turns to morphine in the brain. (An entry on heroin is available in this encyclopedia.)
Whether used legally or illegally, morphine is a very dangerous drug. Overdoses can cause fatal breathing problems. Even those who use it for pain relief can develop a dependence or physical need for the drug. Doctors tend to be very conservative when they prescribe it for pain because they are aware of its risks and drawbacks. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, patients' rights groups have urged the medical community to use morphine more freely to control pain. They believe that patients in severe pain would be more likely to contemplate or commit suicide if they were unable to use the drug.
Official Drug Name: Morphine sulfate, morphine hydrochloride (for injection); Duramorph (spinal injection); MS Contin, Oramorph, Kadian, MSIR (pill and tablet forms); Roxanol (liquid for oral use)
Also Known As: M, Miss Emma, monkey, morph, white stuff
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoOpiate.
no its one of these not any of these but one of them....
A) barbituate
B) narcotic analgesic
C) sedative
D) SSRI
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∙ 9y agoMorphine is an example of an opioid type drug. An opioid is also known as a narcotic and is used to treat pain.
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What type of drug is morphine?
it is a opiate it is derived from the poppy plant and then has been senthasied to make it more potent
What is Mexican black tare?
It is a type of illicit drug derived from morphine.
What drug was named for morpheus the greek god of dreams?
Morphine is the painkilling drug named after Morpheus.
Where is morphine?
a drug , that you can get addicted to .
Is morphine a endocrine drug?
No
What prescription drugs show up as heroin in drug test?
Heroin actually shows up as morphine in a drug test. ALL opiates, except for morphine which is already morphine, have morphine as their first-stage metabolite. You do heroin, it changes to morphine. Do codeine, it changes to morphine.So...any drug that is an opiate shows up as "opiates." Poppy seeds used to do this, but they've adjusted the cutoff to the point you'd have to eat a pound of poppy seeds to come up hot on a drug test.Heroin will show up as morphine in a drug test. There are some drug tests that are not specific for example all opiates come up the same. The test will not tell the difference between vicodin and heroin, it will come up the same. All heroin is morphine with an added chemicals to magnify its potency.Diacetylmorphine
What drug does morphine show as what drug?
Morphine shows up as opiates. Because all opiates convert to morphine once they get into your system, the test is just named "opiates."
Which drug is named after the Greek god of dreams?
The Greek God of dreams was Morpheus, and the drug named after him is morphine.
What are adverse effects of morphine?
Morphine is the drug of addiction. You can get addicted to this drug with first injection. Other side effects are minor.
What type of candy did the soldier during the civil war eat?
The "candy" they ate was usually a drug like morphine.
Will morphine show up on a drug test the same as percoet?
will morphine show up on stick drug test the same as percoet
Is morphine a example of a barbiturate?
No, morphine is not a barbiturate.
