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Hace 5 días · We normally think of fentanyl as short-acting and morphine as long-acting. However, the 2 drugs have similar elimination half-lives: 2-4 hours for morphine and 3-7 hours for fentanyl. We often think of drug elimination as determining the duration of effect.
Hace 3 días · Assess symptoms of respiratory depression, including decreased respiratory rate, confusion, bluish color of the skin and mucous membranes (cyanosis), and difficult, labored breathing (dyspnea).
Hace 3 días · Explain errors that have led to accidental overdose in patients receiving treatment with 20-mg/mL morphine oral solution. Describe changes that have been made to the product packaging for morphine 20-mg/mL oral solution to help reduce medication errors.
Hace 3 días · Opiates (e.g., morphine, codeine, and thebaine) exert their main effects on the brain and spinal cord. Their principal action is to relieve or suppress pain. The drugs also alleviate anxiety; induce relaxation, drowsiness, and sedation; and may impart a state of euphoria or other enhanced mood.
28 de feb. de 2024 · Resupply of Ordine (morphine) oral liquid. On 29 June 2023, we advised that pharmaceutical company Mundipharma was discontinuing supply of all Ordine (morphine) oral liquid medicines in Australia. We can now confirm that Arrotex Pharmaceuticals has taken over sponsorship of these products.
Learn how hospice physicians are trained to use morphine and other analgesics to ease hospice patients' shortness of breath, pain and discomfort. In a professional hospice care setting, there is no need for the word "morphine" to create fear and anxiety in patients and their loved ones.
Hace 3 días · Fentanyl is used to help relieve shortness of breath when patients cannot tolerate morphine, or whose breathlessness is refractory to morphine. Fentanyl is useful for such treatment in palliative care settings where pain and shortness of breath are severe and need to be treated with strong opioids.
