An overview of Morphine
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Morphine is an opioid medication that can be used to treat moderate to severe pain. It is present naturally in the poppy plant in a dark brown, resinous form (Papaver somniferum). It can usually be ingested orally or intravenously, and it is often smoked. It works directly on the central nervous system (CNS) to enhance sensations of satisfaction and warmth while decreasing discomfort, and it is often exploited for this reason.
Morphine is a powerful analgesic. It is used to relieve acute discomforts, such as that caused by an operation or a traumatic injury, as well as pain caused by cancer or a heart attack. It acts by preventing pain impulses from reaching the brain through the nerves.
It has natural hemodynamic effects that help during Myocardial Infarction. It reduces heart rate, blood pressure, and venous return while also possibly stimulating local histamine-mediated processes. It is also used to treat other forms of long-term pain where weaker pain relievers no longer function.
WARNING⚠️
If you have serious asthma or lung issues, a blockage of the stomach or intestines, or a bowel obstruction such as paralytic ileus, you should not take morphine.
Morphine has the potential to delay or halt your breathing and can lead to addiction. Addiction, overdose, or death might result from the misuse of the opioid medicine, especially when taking the medicine without prescription or when being used by a child.
Opioid use during pregnancy can result in life-threatening withdrawal effects in the infant.
If you combine opioid medication with alcohol or other medications that induce drowsiness or delay your breathing, and it can cause death.
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This information doesn't serve as medical advice.
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I tend to stay away from opiates as they are very addicting, this is why I would prefer people use cannabis instead as a lighter and healthier alternative.
Yes, indeed. It can lead to addiction and the need to use a higher dose to relieve pain, and the side effects could be smaller when using cannabis. On the other hand, morphine seems to be used for severe pain whereas cannabis has been considered to provide mild to moderate relief.
The opium poppy is a miraculous plant! So many medication has been derived from it. Also can be deadly, but as far as pain goes, this is hands down the best.
This is a good mention. Thank You!
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I used to live in Colorado near some pockets of old Chinese migration during early USA railroad construction. There are still opium poppies all over the place there, even in people's front yards as an ornamental, even though I think it may be technically be illegally. I never believed they were opium poppies until a friend and I sliced one and smoked the harvest.
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