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Lethal doses of methadone can be as low as 5mg for children and around 25mg for intolerant adults. However some people can handle as much as 400 mg if they have become accustomed to the drug over time and slowly increased to this dose. Never take ANY dose of methadone without being directed by a qualified doctor. Most cases of methadone related deaths can be traced to unaccustomed individuals or when the drug is mixed with other substances like alcohol or other prescription drugs.
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∙ 13y agoThat would depend on many factors , but the main factors would be how high your tolerance is, weight, and if your taken it in one go or different times during the same day. This question kinda worries me a bit , the minimum lethal dose in non tolerant people is 120mg if I'm not mistaken. Please be safe
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∙ 10y agoThe opioids found in opium vary too unpredictably in proportion and lethality, so there can be no universally valid answer to this. The most prevalent opiate, Morphine, has a lethal dose of 125 mg, an amount contained in roughly 2 g of opium, however there are other opiates too, and the concentrations can vary a lot, so a much smaller dose than 2 g can be lethal.
It also depends on the opioid tolerance (frequency and severity of abuse) of the person ingesting the opium. It depends on the weight of the user, it depends on wheter it is smoked or eaten.
So this question cannot be answered. Opium is a very unpredictable and unsafe drug.
Sources: http://www.addictionsearch.com/treatment_articles/article/opiate-addiction_35.html
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How will morphine show in a urine drug screen as morphine or as any opiate?
it will show up as morphine. many other opiate drugs (oxycodone, hydrocodone, heroin, etc.) may also show up as morphine see:http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/testing/testing_info1.shtml
What painkillers contain morphine?
Some cough medicines do have codiene in them. Codeine is an opiate used for its analgesic, antitussive, and antidiarrheal properties. opiate describes any of the narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant, as well as many semisynthetic chemical derivatives of such alkaloids. Morphine is an opiate.
What is the Drug Methadone?
Methadone is a synthetic opiate used to help treat Heroin / Opiate addiction, it is also used in chronic pain managment. It produces many of the same effects of morphine or heroin.
What is trucizna that was used in the movie shindler's list?
Trucizna in polish means poison... impossible to know which kind of poison has been used. Additional: The poison most likely used here would be morphine,there is a chance it could be Heroin but morphine would be the most likely.200mg is the minimum lethal dose to kill an opiate naive patient,i.e. someone who does not use morphine regularly and has built up a tolerance,though doses of 60mg can kill in cases of hypersensitivity .The patient would become unconscious within a few minutes,the drug would the suppress their respiration and they would die from asphyxia.There would be no distress to the patient as they are unconscious and unaware that their breathing has stopped.Heroin would have the same effects.Morphine can be taken orally as seen here. There are other drugs they could have used but many would take either longer to kill or cause the patient distress.
How many people use morphine?
Too many to count. It is the drug of choice for doctors.
How did you get a positive for oxycodone on a urine screen when only taking morphine sulphate and xanax?
Chances are this test wasn't looking for oxy in particular. Morphine will show up as an opiate, so will oxy, vicodin, percocet, heroin, etc. Depending on how many panels the drug test is depends on how many drugs are tested for. Normally, an opiate isn't specifically tested for unless you're on methadone or suboxone. Then, they will test for opiates other than the ones you're prescribed. And the xanax shows up as a benzodiazapam, not an opiate. But that is also normally tested for. I hope this helps.
Will perocet and hydrocodone both show up as opiate's?
Yes, Also the standard drug screen for opiates looks specifically for the presence of either morphine or codeine. And will detect the presence of oxycodone as it cross-reacts with morphine in these tests. But oxycodone does NOT break down into either morphine or codeine. Hydrocodone may not cause a positive result in a standard opiate urine test (hydrocodone does not break down into morphine, and is therefore not detected by these tests). But many will detect hydrocodone (and hydromorphone, which it breaks down into). So for both test results will depend on the particular type of test that is used (new drug test detect synthetic opiates).
What is the difference between vicoden and tramadol?
Tramadol is not an Opiate (narcotic) and Vicoden contains Hydocodone, which is an Opiate (narcotic), just like Tylonol 3 which contains Codiene, Perkocet which contains Oxycodone, Oxycontin which is pure Oxycodone and the Grandaddy of pain medications, Morphine (MS Contin, Morphine Sulphate). All derived from the same place, which is where Herion and Opiumcomes from, the poppy plant. All these I have listed are Opiate's (narcotics) unlike Tramadol ( Ultram) which is neither an Opiate, nor a Narcotic but, it is an Opioid and still a controlled substance in many States and Countries (Opioid - a synthetic or man made Opiate, if you will, pain killer) it was synthesized to try to cut down on the growing number of addictions to Opiate's because, it is not suppose to be physically addictive like the opiate's. Since it is a laboratory engineered Opiod, It can still show up on a Urinalysis (drug screen) as a false positive for an Opiate.tramadols are alot weaker. if your a everyday pill popper tramadols wont do nothin but make you mad lol
Is opium related to drugs?
Opium is a drug - one of the World's oldest, longest, and most widely used drugs. Also, many other drugs are derived from opium, such as morphine, heroin, and all other opiates. Opioids - meaning "opiate-shaped" or "opiate-like" - are synthetic drugs, modeled on the types of molecules found in opium.
Will Avinza, a time released Morphine show up on a urine drug screen as demerol Thanks?
Morphine is an Opiate. Opiates and Opioids metabolize differently depending on the drug and pathways. Many brand name drugs are detected as a metabolite in a drug test once analyzed. Demerol is detected and the metabolite/parent drug is meperidine. Opiates can break down into multiple metabolites, for instance heroin can break down into codeine, morphine, morphine glucuronide, and 6 monoacetyl morphine...drug testing is more complex than most people think it is.
Is heroin a depresant stimulant or hallucinogen?
yes it its a depressant. Heroin is a natural opiate made from morphine (opiates dull pain). Morphine is extracted from the opium poppy. Like many drugs made from opium, including synthetic opioids (e.g. methadone) heroin is a very strong painkiller. 'Street' heroin sold as 'brown' is sometimes used by clubbers as a chill out after a big night out. Brown is still heroin but some people mistakenly think it's not as addictive. ----------- Methadone is synthetic, so its not made from opium. Morphine and codeine are extracted from opium, and many drugs are made from these or the other alkaloids in opium (Heroin, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and oxycodone). More correctly, opium contains morphine which is a central nervous system depressant and an opiate. It causes respiratory depression, euphoria, sleepiness, and calmness. It also causes constipation, nausea, and itching. It is highly addictive and will make you tolerant and dependent.
100 mgs morphine sulfate equals how many grains of morphine?
One grain of morphine equals about 60 milligrams
