Using opioid medicine during pregnancy may cause life-threatening withdrawal symptoms in the newborn. Fatal side effects can occur if you use opioid medicine with alcohol, or with other drugs that cause drowsiness or slow your breathing.
You should not use this medicine if you have ever had an allergic reaction to morphine or other narcotic medicines, or if you have:. Do not use morphine if you have used an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue injection, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, tranylcypromine, and others.
If you use opioid medicine while you are pregnant, your baby could become dependent on the drug. This can cause life-threatening withdrawal symptoms in the baby after it is born. Babies born dependent on opioids may need medical treatment for several weeks. It may not be safe to breastfeed while using morphine.
This medicine can pass into breast milk and cause drowsiness, breathing problems, or death in a nursing baby. Ask your doctor about any risk. Follow the directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides. Never use morphine in larger amounts, or for longer than prescribed.
Tell your doctor if you feel an increased urge to use more of this medicine. Morphine is injected into a muscle, or given as an infusion into a vein. Morphine injection is sometimes given with an infusion pump that controls your dosing. Morphine is sometimes injected into the space around the spinal cord, or directly into the fluid around the brain and spinal cord. A healthcare provider will give this type of injection in a hospital. Never share opioid medicine with another person, especially someone with a history of drug abuse or addiction.
Selling or giving away opioid medicine is against the law. Do not stop using morphine suddenly , or you could have unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Ask your doctor how to safely stop using this medicine. Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat. Keep the auto-injector in its original container until you are ready to use it.
Keep track of your medicine. You should be aware if anyone is using it improperly or without a prescription. Do not keep leftover opioid medication. Just one dose can cause death in someone using this medicine accidentally or improperly.
It also slows down digestion, which is why morphine can cause constipation. Fast-acting morphine taken by mouth works in 30 to 60 minutes but it wears off after 4 to 6 hours.
Slow-acting morphine taken by mouth can take a day or 2 to start working but the pain relief will last for longer. It's difficult to say how long morphine suppositories take to work, as it varies from person to person. Yes, morphine is addictive. If you need to take it for a long time your body can become tolerant to it.
That means you need higher doses to control your pain. But in reality, if you're taking morphine to relieve pain rather than using it as a recreational drug it's very unlikely you will get addicted to it because you're not taking it to get a "high".
If you're addicted to morphine, you may find it difficult to stop taking it or feel you need to take it more often than necessary. And if you stop taking morphine suddenly you may suffer from withdrawal symptoms. These include agitation, anxiety, nervousness, panic attacks, difficulty sleeping, shaking, over-activity, pins and needles or ringing in the ears.
Talk to your doctor if you're worried about addiction or if you want to know more about how to prevent withdrawal symptoms. Morphine is a controlled medicine. This means there are strict rules on how it's prescribed and dispensed to make sure it's not given to the wrong person or misused. When you collect morphine your pharmacist will ask for proof of your identity such as your passport or driving licence.
You'll also be asked to sign the back of your prescription, to confirm that you've received it. If you're collecting morphine for someone else, you're legally required to show the pharmacist proof of your identity if asked. Fast-acting morphine tablets are also known as Sevredol. Slow-acting capsules are also known as MXL or Zomorph. However, it may interfere with your periods menstrual cycle if you're a woman. Speak to a pharmacist or your doctor if you're trying to get pregnant.
They may want to review your treatment. Morphine does not affect any type of contraception including the contraceptive pill or emergency contraception. But if morphine makes you sick vomit , your contraceptive pills may not protect you from pregnancy. If this happens, follow the instructions in the leaflet that comes with your contraceptive pills.
Find out what to do if you're on the pill and you're sick. It may be best not to drink alcohol while taking morphine as drinking alcohol while you're on morphine may make you feel more sleepy or increase the risk of serious side effects. It's best to stop drinking alcohol during the first few days of treatment until you see how the morphine affects you.
The type of painkiller that's best depends on what type of pain you have and the cause of your pain. If morphine does not get rid of your pain or becomes less effective, discuss this with your doctor.
When you first take morphine, you'll probably feel sleepy for a few days. But the sleepiness will wear off after a few days as your body gets used to the medicine. You might notice you are less alert. In this case, you might choose to have less than perfect pain relief as a trade-off. Morphine is not only used at the end of a terminal illness.
It's the amount of pain you have, not the stage of your illness, that decides whether morphine is prescribed for you. Morphine can be used safely in babies and children of all ages, although the dose is usually lower than for adults. Do not drive a car or ride a bike if morphine makes you sleepy, gives you blurred vision or makes you feel dizzy, clumsy or unable to concentrate or make decisions.
This may be more likely when you first start taking morphine but could happen at any time, for example, when starting another medicine. It's an offence to drive a car if your ability to drive safely is affected. It's your responsibility to decide if it's safe to drive. If you're in any doubt, do not drive. It may be best not to drink alcohol while taking morphine as you're more likely to get side effects like feeling sleepy. Even if your ability to drive is not affected, the police have the right to request a saliva sample to check how much morphine is in your body.
UK has more information on the law on drugs and driving. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you're unsure whether it's safe for you to drive while taking morphine.
If you take recreational drugs, such as cannabis, cocaine and heroin, while you're taking morphine, you're more likely to get the serious side effects of morphine including breathing difficulties, heart problems such as high blood pressure, seizures and even going into a coma. Some recreational drugs, such as cannabis, will also increase morphine side effects such as sleepiness and dizziness.
Taking heroin while you're on prescribed morphine is especially dangerous. You're more likely to get all the side effects of morphine, including addiction. Page last reviewed: 23 November Next review due: 23 November About morphine Morphine is a strong painkiller.
Morphine works by blocking pain signals from travelling along the nerves to the brain. The most common side effects of morphine are constipation, feeling sick and sleepiness. It's possible to become addicted to morphine, but this is rare if you're taking it to relieve pain and your doctor is reviewing your treatment regularly. Tell your doctor before starting the medicine if you : have ever had an allergic reaction to morphine or any other medicine have breathing difficulties or a lung problem have an addiction to alcohol have a condition that causes fits or seizures have a head injury have low thyroid levels have adrenal gland problems have kidney or liver problems have an enlarged prostate have low blood pressure have myasthenia gravis a rare illness that causes muscle weakness are trying to get pregnant, are already pregnant or if you're breastfeeding — morphine is usually not recommended.
It's important to take morphine as your doctor has asked you to. Different types of morphine Morphine comes as: tablets fast-acting — these contain 10mg, 20mg or 50mg of morphine tablets slow-acting — these contain 5mg, 10mg, 15mg, 30mg, 60mg, mg or mg of morphine capsules slow-acting — these contain 10mg, 30mg, 60mg, 90mg, mg, mg or mg of morphine granules that you mix in water to make a drink — these are in sachets containing 30mg, 60mg, mg or mg of morphine a liquid that you swallow — this contains either 10mg of morphine in a 5ml spoonful or 20mg of morphine in 1ml of liquid suppositories — these contain 10mg of morphine injection usually given in hospital Morphine suppositories are useful if you cannot swallow tablets or liquids.
Dosage Doses vary from person to person. How often will I take it? How often you take it depends on the type of morphine that you've been prescribed. Important Do not break, crush, chew or suck morphine slow-release tablets or capsules. Will my dose go up or down?
How long will I take it for? What if I forget to take it? This will vary depending on which type of morphine you're taking. Never take 2 doses at the same time to make up for a forgotten one. What will happen if I stop taking it? Short-acting morphine is taken as needed for pain. The extended-release form of morphine is for around-the-clock treatment of pain. This form of morphine is not for use on an as-needed basis for pain.
You should not take this medicine if you have ever had an allergic reaction to morphine or other narcotic medicines, or if you have:. Do not use morphine if you have used an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue injection, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, tranylcypromine, and others.
If you use opioid medicine while you are pregnant, your baby could become dependent on the drug. This can cause life-threatening withdrawal symptoms in the baby after it is born. Babies born dependent on opioids may need medical treatment for several weeks. Do not breast-feed while taking morphine.
This medicine can pass into breast milk and cause drowsiness, breathing problems, or death in a nursing baby. Follow the directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides. Never use morphine in larger amounts, or for longer than prescribed. Tell your doctor if you feel an increased urge to take more of this medicine. Never share opioid medicine with another person, especially someone with a history of drug abuse or addiction.
Selling or giving away opioid medicine is against the law. Swallow the capsule or tablet whole to avoid exposure to a potentially fatal overdose. Do not crush, chew, break, open, or dissolve. Measure liquid medicine carefully. Use the dosing syringe provided, or use a medicine dose-measuring device not a kitchen spoon.
Do not stop using morphine suddenly , or you could have unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Ask your doctor how to safely stop using this medicine. Never crush or break a morphine pill to inhale the powder or mix it into a liquid to inject the drug into your vein. This practice has resulted in death with the misuse of morphine and similar prescription drugs.
Store at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and light. Keep track of your medicine. You should be aware if anyone is using it improperly or without a prescription. Do not keep leftover opioid medication. Just one dose can cause death in someone using this medicine accidentally or improperly. Ask your pharmacist where to locate a drug take-back disposal program.
If there is no take-back program, flush the unused medicine down the toilet. Morphine is sometimes taken only once per day, and sometimes 2 or 3 times per day. Since morphine is used for pain, you are not likely to miss a dose. If you do miss a dose, take the medicine as soon as you remember. Then take your next dose as follows:.
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