2006-12-18 07:36:14 · 8 answers · asked by Innocent 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Morphine is great, that's what it is.
2006-12-18 07:37:22 · answer #1 · answered by Joel Is Depressed 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Morphine is a narcotic form of drug that can be injected, can be given SL (under tongue) or in a pill form. Morphine is given a pain killer in the pill form which can be addictive. Injection morphine may be used as a morphine drip (i.e If the patient has cancer or any terminal illness to help with pain) morphine SL is generally used under the tongue but is given less often than injection. Morphine decreases pain but in also helping SOB (shortness of breath) and is rapidly speeding up the process the of death. It helps shut down your body's natural functions (i.e heart beat, kidneys etc)
2006-12-18 15:54:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Morphine is a narcotic, below is a small excerpt from an online resource that phyichans often refer to when needing clarafications. I suggest you go to the web site and read the whole thing for your answers
Opioid analgesics (narcotics), the most powerful analgesics, are the mainstay for treatment of severe acute pain and chronic pain due to cancer and other serious disorders. Opioids are preferred because they are so effective in controlling pain. The use of opioids to treat chronic pain not due to cancer is becoming more acceptable but is still relatively uncommon. Opioids are not appropriate for everyone.
Opioids are all chemically related to morphine, a natural substance extracted from poppies, although some opioids are extracted from other plants and other opioids are produced in a laboratory.
Opioids have many side effects
2006-12-18 15:49:01 · answer #3 · answered by flutteredonby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morphine is a very powerful sedative. It was used as a recreational drug in the 1850s, and many prominent authors and artists caved to its addictive qualities. It's still used as a painkiller in patients who are in a LOT of pain. In large enough doses, it is lethal.
2006-12-18 15:40:07 · answer #4 · answered by KD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a Narcotic (opiate) medication that acts on the central nervous to control pain. It is for severe pain only.
It can be very addicting and except for cases of a terminal illness, should only be used on a short term basis for acute pain.
2006-12-18 15:42:51 · answer #5 · answered by Calina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
morphine is a drug that is a painkiller, and its used in hospitals. some people get addicted though and then mess themselves up
2006-12-18 15:38:32 · answer #6 · answered by Tooey. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine
This will get you started, but remember this is not an authoritative source.
2006-12-18 15:37:27 · answer #7 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its nice it mongs ye good and propper and it eases pain in cancer patients
2006-12-18 15:37:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋