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Morphine Summary
1,191 words, approx. 4 pages Morphine is a major component of OPIUM, a product of the poppy plant (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM or P. album). Named after Morpheus, the Greek god of sleep, morphine is a potent ANALGESIC (painkiller) that is widely used for moderate to severe PAIN. Morphine...
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Morphine : Biological Psychology
649 words, approx. 2 pages The principle active ingredient found in OPIUM, the extract of the poppy plant. Morphine is named after the Greek god Morpheus, the god of dreams. Morphine, a NARCOTIC ANALGESIC (see ANALGESIA; NARCOTICS), is a potent opiate drug that has a number of...
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Morphine Summary
529 words, approx. 2 pages Morphine is the most effective naturally occurring compound used for the relief of pain in medicine and surgery. It also induces sleep and produces euphoria. The active ingredient in opium, from which it is derived, morphine is highly addictive with...
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Morphine Summary
491 words, approx. 2 pages Morphine is a major component of opium, a product of the poppy plant. Named after Morpheus, the Greek god of sleep, morphine is a powerful analgesic (painkiller). Doctors frequently prescribe it to relieve moderate to severe pain, especially in cancer...
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Morphine Information
4,034 words, approx. 13 pages
 Morphine (INN) (pronounced /ˈmɔrfiːn/) is a highly-potent opiate analgesic drug and is the principal active agent in opium and the prototypical opioid. Like other opiates, e.g., diacetylmorphine (heroin), morphine acts directly on the central...



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FDA: Codeine risk for some nursing moms
8/18/2007: 390 words, approx. 1 pages Nursing mothers who take codeine should watch their infants for increased sleepiness or other signs of overdose, federal health officials warned Friday.The Food and Drug Administration warning of the rare but serious side effect was prompted by a 2006 report of the death of a...
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Spanish anesthetist infected patients
5/15/2007: 272 words, approx. 1 pages A Spanish anesthesiologist with hepatitis C was sentenced to prison Tuesday for infecting 275 people with the virus by injecting them with morphine from the same needles he used to feed his own addiction.In sentencing Juan Maeso to 1,933 years in prison, the Valencia Provincial...


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