Morphine
Overdose
Morphine overdose may occur more quickly when patients combine Morphine with other narcotics.
Morphine
overdose is easily dangerous because the drug shows
higher incidence of euphoria, analgesic effects, and
dependence than do other opioid narcotics at the same
pain-relief doses.
Doctors caution against Morphine in patients who have
a depressed respiratory system due to:
- acute or chronic pulmonary disorders
- asthma
- chest wounds
- emphysema
- kyphoscoliosis
- paralysis of the phrenic nerve
- severe obesity
- upper airway obstruction
The reported risk of acute respiratory
failure with Morphine administration may prove fatal.
Use of Morphine with other drugs acting upon the central
nervous system increases the chance of severe respiratory
depression. Central nervous system depression may not
necessarily occur at the same time, but can.
Lesser, but other demonstrated, effects
include:
- circulatory depression
- respiratory arrest
- shock
- cardiac arrest.
These conditions occur, more specifically,
during Morphine overdosage and usually through rapid
intravenous administration (also if the patient has a
history of decreased blood volume or plasma).
Contraindications include combined use
with depressants such as:
- Alcohol
- Sedatives
- Antihistamines
- General anesthetics
- Hypnotics
- Tranquilizers
- Phenothiazines
- Other narcotic analgesics
- Other psychotropic drugs
These should not be combined,
lest Morphine overdose or other impairment occur.
Morphine Overdose Symptoms
- Bluish fingernails and lips
- Cold, clammy skin
- Coma
- Constipation
- Convulsions or seizures
- Dizziness, Fainting
- Extreme weakness
- Itching skin
- Loss of breath
- Decreased
blood pressure
- Muscle spasms, twitches
- Pinpoint pupils
- Sedation
- Skeletal muscle flaccidity
- Shallow, short, slowed or stopped breathing
- Stomach spasms
- Weak pulse
The three symptoms of coma, pinpoint pupils and respiratory
depression appearing together strongly suggest that
opiate poisoning has occurred in the body. Seek
medical attention.
Other opioid overdose symptoms may include:
- Dark urine
- Diarrhea
- Increased, unusual sweating
- Loss of consciousness
- Severe confusion
- Severe drowsiness
- Severe nervousness
- Yellow eyes or skin
This painkiller is contraindicated in patients with
a known hypersensitivity to Morphine.
Indications for use in pregnant women recommend all
alternate pain relievers before Morphine use, and only
in consideration of acceptable risks. Morphine administered
late in pregnancy may require a medical resuscitation
of the newborn. It can also be transmitted through
breastfeeding.
Are You Addicted to Morphine?
If you self-administer opiate
drugs like
Morphine in higher and higher doses, or more regularly
than prescribed, please seek medical
attention.
The
Waismann Method of Rapid Detoxification humanely
treats patients with who have a physical Morphine dependency.
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addiction and rapid
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