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What are the signs and symptoms of morphine overdose?

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With RN trainig, such as I have, it is easy to see signs of overdose on morphine. The persons respiratory rate will be depressed. This means that they wont breath very often. If the persone is umconsciuos and breathing less that 10 times in a minute, it is safe to say that they have suffered a serious overdose.

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