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Morphine toxicity may result from overdosage but because of the great inter-individual variation in sensitivity to opioids it is difficult to determine an exact dose of any opioid that is toxic or lethal. The presence of pain or tolerance tends to diminish the toxic effects of morphine. Published data suggest that in a morphine naive, pain-free individual, the lethal dose would be in excess of 120mg. Patients on chronic oral morphine therapy have been known to take in excess of 3000mg/day with no apparent toxicity.
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∙ 10y agoThe side effects of morphine can contribute to death, by impacting breathing, and also in an immune compromised person, or critically ill person the morphine can hasten death when combined with reduced nutrition and hydration. So it can become assisted suicide in Hospice clients, as can be observed clinically by drowsiness, neurological impacts, and labored breathing. Medical marijuana would be a better option and finding natural painkillers that enhance the end of life experience, without destroying the quality of life, or whatever life is left in a terminally ill person. I have observed on many occassions that the morphine is unable to control the pain, however this is not well documented because this fact is covered up, probably by investors.
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∙ 15y agoany allergy that is severe can cause death.
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∙ 13y agoThe amount of morphine depends on the individual. If the user has built up a tolerance to morphine then the amount will be much higher compared to a first time user.
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Is heroin stronger than morphine?
Yes, Heroin - 5 times to death Morphine - 10 times to death
What a major side effect of morphine?
Death from overdose.
Is it true when a person is near death they will awaken even with morphine?
No.
How can you use the word hasten in a sentence?
Hasten to my side, my love! We will hasten to clean up the classroom.
Is there such country as Hasten?
No, as of 2012, there is no country known as Hasten.
What is meaning of hasten?
'hasten' means to 'hurry up'.
Where death is the doorway to absolute truth and life is death what are you waiting for?
This is nothing but rhetoric, the only reasonable course for the living is to continue living. Any desire to hasten death is a symptom of mental illness.
How do you use the word hasten in a sentence?
Hasten means to speed something up or hurry to do something. An example of hasten used in a sentence is: Knowing that they were late, she had to hasten the children to get ready and get out the door.
Once the morphine pump is incerted how much time left before death?
Once a morphine pump in inserted, there really is no way to tell how much time is left before death. This will vary greatly depending on the type of disease, the person's pain tolerance, and the medications used along with the morphine. Some people have a morphine pump inserted, get better, and have the pump removed.
How can you use hasten in a sentence?
Hasten means to hurry. You could write~ When my wife went into labor, we had to hasten to the hospital before she had the baby at home!
Is it ok to take morphine and amoxicillin in the same day?
it will cause a seizure. stop mixing xanax with morphine you dirt bags. do you have a death wish?
A sentence for hasten?
She needs to hasten and go to the hospital because it's an emergency. He didn't need to hasten back to the building so he took the longer path.
