2007-03-20 01:33:52 · 7 answers · asked by Gary C 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Plain and simple... if it's more than the prescribed dose, it's and overdose.
It does not necessarily have to be enough to kill you to be considered an overdose - although if you take enough, Morphine will kill your respiratory drive and you will die without assistance.
2007-03-20 01:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by searchpup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a pretty general question but I will answer it as a nurse and I hope it helps....
First of all anything taken in a large amount can overdose anyone...there are a lot of things to consider...
First of all, does this person have a drug tolerance of any kind? What is the person's weight? Are there any underlying medical conditions? See, all of these things need to be considered..
As a rule of thumb, where I work as a nurse, we never give morphine if the respirations of the individual are less than 12 breaths per minute.
Morphine lowers the respirations and can stop a person from breathing all together.
I hope this helps
2007-03-20 01:39:32 · answer #2 · answered by Doodlebug 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when it slows your resperations down to under 14 per minute. your heart stops. you stop breathing. They put a toe tag on you they cover you with a sheet. Morphine is easy to overdose and you can do it without realising it,
A lot of people have accidently never woke up!
2007-03-20 01:37:49 · answer #3 · answered by tennessee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not the amount of milligrams, it's the effect on the body. A person w/ chronic pain can often tolerate large doses; getting it for acute pain would be a small dose.
2007-03-20 02:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by Friendly Pharmacist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your body weight, by and large! And, general health condition, too!
2007-03-20 01:37:27 · answer #5 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-20 01:36:45 · answer #6 · answered by cocacolachickee 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you die its an overdose
2007-03-20 01:36:51 · answer #7 · answered by Bertie D 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋