The nurse or doctor that is giving you morphine after your surgery has it down to a fine art and they will give you just enough to take the edge off and then start slowly weaning you off of it with no ill effects.My husband just had 4 injections of morphine and he had been weaned off by the next afternoon and didn't even know it. The pain was gone and he had no withdrawal symptoms. They often start you out on Morphine for the worst part of the pain after surgery and then wean you off and put you on another pain medication that will get rid of the pain, but it non addictive. When you get your morphine ask the nurse or doctor to give you Gravol along with it so you don't get an upset stomach.
Morphine can cause the release of histamine which can cause the skin & the whites of the eyes to redden. Taking an antihistamine 30-60 minutes before using morphine can help reduce the symptoms of histamine, but, some antihistamines can cause drowsiness. This, combined with the effects of morphine could cause excessive sedation.
Morphine is the drug of addiction. You can get addicted to this drug with first injection. Other side effects are minor.
Using some over the counter medicines like Codine can show up as Morphine.Codine is derived from opium as is morphine and some drug tests,mix them up. If you were say using Heroin and Morphine showed in the test that could well be the Heroin was cut with various chemicals not least some morphine.
Morphine has a mild vasodilator effect. This will most likely affect arteries, but there will still be some effect on veins, albeit a smaller one
No, strychnine is not an antidote for morphine. In fact, strychnine is a highly toxic substance that acts as a stimulant to the central nervous system and can cause severe convulsions and death. The appropriate antidote for morphine overdose is naloxone, which is an opioid antagonist that can quickly reverse the effects of morphine. Using strychnine in this context would be extremely dangerous and is not recommended.
It's not going to make you "Special" but it can cause damage to pain receptors. Their are few long term side effects from using morphine especially if used by a Physician. Your doctor will know the proper amount for the best results with the least amount of side effects that is best for you.
You probably meant HYDROMORPHONE, which is a drug very similar to morphine, except it takes less of it to get the same effects as morphine.
The similarity in molecular shape allows morphine to bind to endorphin receptors.
The chemical derivatives of morphine made by reacting morphine with acetic anhydride include heroin and acetylcodeine. Heroin is a semi-synthetic opioid with similar effects to morphine but is more potent and addictive. Acetylcodeine is also a semi-synthetic opioid that is used in some countries as a prescription drug for pain relief.
Heroin, oxycontin, and percodan produce effects very similar to morphine. Other opiate painkillers such as percocet and vicodin will produce comparable effects, however they are less intense.
approximately 200mg codeine for similar effects to 30mg oral morphine (not IV!)
Morphine is a pain killer.