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What Are The Side Effects Of Morphine?
My wife is 87 she had a stroke in Febuary, she is in a nursing home she spends half her time in wheel chair & half her time in bed, often when I visit her she is sleepy, today I found out they are giving her morphine, what are the long term effects?
Wed, 29 Nov 2017
Hi thank you for querry.
As you mentioned you want to know side effects of morphine,
several side effect the life threatning side effects include coma,respiratory deprssion,anaphylactic shock and cyanosis
which leads to discontinution therapy.
other side effect which are treated symptomatically includes.
hypotention,tremor,hypothermia,urticaria,hallucination,constipation and Gi upset.
Hope the answer will help you to understand the side effects.
Wish her a speedy recovery.
As you mentioned you want to know side effects of morphine,
several side effect the life threatning side effects include coma,respiratory deprssion,anaphylactic shock and cyanosis
which leads to discontinution therapy.
other side effect which are treated symptomatically includes.
hypotention,tremor,hypothermia,urticaria,hallucination,constipation and Gi upset.
Hope the answer will help you to understand the side effects.
Wish her a speedy recovery.
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