A patient received Morphine Sulfate, 10 mg IV, two hours ago for standard postoperative pain. She is now cryin
Still with the homework questions... Don't you ever pick up a book to study?? Just come straight home from class and start posting your questions on the internet? Let me reiterate what the nursing instructor has told you repeatedly, and you've obviously NOT heard: "I think you need to be doing your own homework. Grab your med-surg book, medical dictionary, lecture notes, etc. and study hard. You could always form a study group if you are wanting to bounce ideas and solutions off each other. If you don't learn the material, a patient will eventually pay the price. Additionally, these are simple knowledge based questions. If you don't learn how to answer these, you'll drown with comprehension and application based questions." What are you going to do when school's out? Ask the patients?? You'd better get serious.
What is morphine,the illegal drug?
Morphine is not an illegal drug, it is only available by prescription. It is illegal for a person to take morphine if it is not prescribed to them. It is illegal to take another person's prescription. Morphine is a very strong pain medication and is dangerous when not used appropriately. http://www.chamisamesa.net/morphine.html
Is there a drug interaction between amitriptyline and morphine?
Using amitriptyline together with morphine may increase side effects such as dizziness, drowsiness, confusion, and difficulty concentrating. Some people, especially the elderly, may also experience impairment in thinking, judgment, and motor coordination. You should avoid or limit the use of alcohol while being treated with these medications. Also avoid activities requiring mental alertness such as driving or operating hazardous machinery until you know how the medications affect you. I would highly recommend you discuss this with your doctor if you have any questions or concerns. It is also very important to tell your doctor about all other medications you use, including vitamins and herbs that could potentially interact with either of these drugs. Do not stop using any medications abruptly without first talking to your doctor.
I have a couple q's how much have you lost on PHENTERMINE and is it safe to take a sleeping pill along with it
Lost 30 pounds on Phen. I do not think it is safe to take phentermine itself, never mind if with sleeping pills or without. Phentermine was ok in results, but mesed up my life . I have switched to Acomplia since it is hard to get good Phentermine these days. Also It shows much better results. been taking it for 2 months now. Ordered from this site - http://www.1rx.biz/generic_acomplia.html . Took 10 days to receive the stuff. "Acomplia (Rimonabant) is an anorectic anti obesity drug. It is a CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist. Rimonabant has been found to stop food craving enough to help people lose weight, and could also help curb other unhealthy urges, such as smoking. This is a non-control weightloss solution that in one study, helped people who were overweight drop an average of 20 pounds, and was found to be very useful for patients who suffer from obesity. "
My mom combined oxycodone with morphine, are there any drug interactions?
She is prescribed the kadian, the roxycodone she is not. A friend gave her a couple to try because the kadian...she claims....is not helping. She is addicted to the kadian, and suffers severe withdrawals if she has to go without it. Her problem is she has broken her back, has metal discs In her back, and two bad knees with one knee replacement. She also has rheumatoid arthritis and nueropathy. She has so many problems, I worry a lot.
Doctor let patient run out of morphine, legal rights?
Someone I know has Fibromyalgia and is on Kadian (morphine). She tried to make a doctor appointment for two weeks, and could not get in until 3 days before her prescription ran out. She gets her prescriptions through the mail and they take at least a week to get here. She asked the doctor to fill a prescription at the pharmacy for a week's supply morphine sulfate (which is much cheaper than Kadian) , just until her Kadian arrived in the mail. The doctor refused to fill the prescription, even though she was going to run out of medication. As you know, Morphine is a narcotic, and people who abruptly stop taking it have severe withdrawal symptoms. My question is, is there anything she can do to get the doctor to fill a prescription until her Kadian arrives? What are her legal rights as a chronic pain patient and morphine user?
If I intake 100 tablets of 10mg Morphine, will I die?
You would be taken 100*10= 1000 mgSee the wiki below:A large overdose can cause asphyxia and death by respiratory depression if the person does not receive medical attention immediately. Overdose treatment includes the administration of naloxone. The latter completely reverses morphine's effects, but may result in immediate onset of withdrawal in opiate-addicted subjects. Multiple doses may be needed.The minimum lethal dose is 200 mg, but in case of hypersensitivity, 60 mg can bring sudden death. In serious drug dependency (high tolerance), 2000–3000 mg per day can be tolerated.
How can I gradually stop consuming 7.5mg of zopiclone?
Since you are talking about dependence and feeling sick, and describing a pretty severe tolerance, than you are well past the stage of taking zopiclone to fall asleep. You are taking this drug to avoid withdrawal symptoms, and trying to get off this without the proper support can be very dangerous, even life-threatening. Trying to avoid withdrawal symptoms with flowers is useless at best, and life-threatening at worst. Zopiclone, even though it is not a benzodiazepine, has been called a benzodiazepine in disguise. It has many benzodiazepine-like properties, even though it was originally marketed as a safer, less addicting alternative to benzodiazepines such as Ambien and Xanax. However, just like heroin was initially promoted as a cure for morphine addiction, in this case too the cure is worse than the disease. Addiction to zopiclone is both easier and more dangerous than addiction to benzodiazepines. The treatment for any addiction is to substitute a similar drug that is easier to withdraw from. In your case, it must be a benzodiazepine. One that is commonly used in this situation is one that has not been commonly used for the reason you were taking zopiclone for in years, and that is valium. Valium has the advantage that it is easier to withdraw from, and it has a half life of several days. What you will do is gradually transfer from zopiclone to valium, and then gradually withdraw from valium. As I mentioned above, withdrawal from this drug can be extremely dangerous, and substituting with anything else but another benzodiazepine is also dangerous and life-threatening. With the clinical presentation you provide, this definitely needs to be done under the direct supervision of a doctor, one that is trained in addiction management.Addendum: I mentioned in my answer that this medication can cause tolerance and severe tolerance. The usual dose is 7.5 mg at bedtime, so the fact that you need to take 4 means you are taking quadruple the usual dose, indicating tolerance, and the 2 during the day to feel normal, i.e. to avoid withdrawal symptoms, indicates addiction.Good luck to you. Everything that happens to you in life is part of a lifelong education.
Will morphine and lorazepam help with heroin withdrawal?
Not really; if you want to get off an opioid, the best approach is to replace it with a different one that has a much longer half-life. This helps prevent the swings in plasma concentration that bring on withdrawal symptoms and their associated cravings. With this, you slowly taper down the amount taken until you reach zero - how slowly, you decide: the speed will and probably should change depending on your circumstances, and you’re likely the best person to determine this, not somebody else. Something of note here is to be and stay aware of the effects that dependence has on motivations, and to keep watch on thought patterns that may suggest lowering the speed that you are tapering in an attempt to justify continued use. Strength of will is critical in this; preserve it however best you can.Morphine is not suitable for this approach, unfortunately, since it necessarily has a shorter half life than heroin, since one of heroin’s metabolites is morphine (there are others, such as the 3′ and 6′ mono-acetyls, and corresponding glucuronides).This approach is commonly taken with benzodiazepines, for example, where the benzo in question - often one with a short half-life, as these can have rather horrific withdrawal symptoms, to the point of lethality - is replaced with diazepam, since it has a very long half-life - around 72 hours.If the opioid is orally active, you can use volumetric dilution to easily achieve progressively lower doses - much easier than chopping pills up into increasingly stupidly small pieces!If it is not orally active, then you can use intranasal injestion, just be aware that this will involve snorting up water, so you’ll not want to use too low a concentration, since this might result in substantial amounts of water, which will be pretty unpleasant (whereas it’s fine in smaller amounts). To do so, i would recommend using an oral syringe to determine dosimetry, as they’re very accurate, and easy to use.Regarding lorazepam - while it is the case that benzodiazepines can definitely reduce the severity of opioid withdrawal symptoms, I would only use this approach if you were intending to abruptly discontinue the opioid, as if you were instead tapering, you’ll likely simply swap your opioid dependence with a benzodiazepine addiction, which is even worse: clearly a suboptimal outcome!It is a valid approach for abrupt discontinuation, however, as this will really only be for <1 week.