Morphine lethal dose

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Avatar m tn they said the lethal dose is 100-300 mg of morphine sulfate, what i took in was 600 mg. however, on the bottle is clearly states 30mL and 20 mg per mL. i drank it all. then they said i must have vomitted it all out before it took effect. this isn't true. it was hrs before i even felt sick, more than enough time for the morphine to get into my blood stream. either way, i am happy to be alive. i am not , as i already said, a drug user. i took it because i was in pain, it was convienent.
Avatar f tn Second - is this a short acting (SA) or is it a long acting (LA) Morphine? 60mgs of Morphine is one heck of a one time dose. I would not take it. There could be serious complications, especially if you your system is opiate naive. Don't take it.
Avatar n tn Then half the morning dose and then continue like this. Reducing first the night dose and then the morning one till you completely stop it. Hope this helps. Take care!
Avatar n tn That's a very sad story but it happens all the time in hospices. As far as I know, they increase the dosage day by day until they hit the dose that is lethal for that particular patient. It's like an open secret. This is presumably done with the agreement of the patient or someone who has the power to sign for it. There are also some claims that it is sometimes done involuntarily.
Avatar f tn However, Italian researchers have found that the LD50 (the lethal dose at which half of the animals die) of glucosamine sulfate is 8000 mg/kg. In humans this would be equivalent to ingesting over 500,000 mg at one time or 1,000 pills each containing 500 mg. I hope this is useful... I got the idea from the site that max safe dose is 1500mg, and your dog had twice that much. You may want to see the vet anyway, even tho it says in the previous paragraph that a lethal dose is 8000mg.
Avatar f tn I like to know as much as I can about my meds. I know the lethal dose of lithium is about 5gs or 5000mgs which is about 5 times what I am prescribed. I also have looked up the symptoms of lithium toxicity (not fun). But I can't seem to fine anywhere how long after a lethal amount or a small overdose (such as 1 accidental extra dose) on top of toxicity symptoms would start to show or when death would take place. So my question is when would symptoms begin to show and when would death occur.
Avatar n tn The morphine is actually much less problematic than the oxycodone. You should be comfortable taking the morphine and not the oxy.................
Avatar f tn What is the lethal dose of aripiprazole, quetiapine and lamotrigine? Mix of them.
Avatar n tn Hi yes it is normal behavior for Morphine, when you first start it your on top of the world then comes irritation and depression and even nightmares for some. How much is he on? How long? and dose he want to quit?
Avatar f tn Morphine must be okay for the liver because that's what they used when I was in the ICU following my liver transplant. Be VERY careful with morphine. I was on it for 7 days and went wacky with hallucinations of all kinds.
Avatar m tn can i take 4mg xanax at asingle dose ? my dr didnt prescribe the 4mg at once but i had severe insomnia so i took them in a single dose is this dangerous?
Avatar f tn With my 1st born I got an epidural and I was looking into different pain relief options for this pregnancy. Any of you got morphine instead of an epidural and how was your experience?
Avatar n tn I found this, whic seems to be relevant: "Be very careful, the official "lethal dose" for methadone is 25mg for a non-tolerant adult. This means as little as 25mg of methadone has been known to kill adults with no tolerance to opiates. This is a surprisingly low lethal dosage for many people, but I assure you it is true. Methadone has a very long half-life, unlike heroin, which is a short-acting opiate.
951587 tn?1249227148 that is an extremely high dose...you should know that barbiturate tolerance is very different than tolerance to other things. you need more and more but the lethal dose remains the same...so if 1gm is the lethal dosage, it won't change just because you've built a tolerance to the effects of it. i would find a taper plan immediately. you are very close to that lethal dose mark. barbiturates are so rare that most people don't understand the addiction.
1686743 tn?1306005451 Yes to some degree it depends on the dose. As I said earlier morphine has to be at such a high dose in order to be effective that I cannot function. The current long acting/slow release opiate I am on is at a very low dose by every one's standards. But it's effective. It is what my body responds to best... or my pain responds to...how ever you want to state it. In my opinion prescribing 5mg of Morphine to treat severe chronic pain is like fishing with a naked hook ...
Avatar m tn The max dose of acetaminophen is 4 Gm/day (4000 mg). The lethal dost is considered to be 6-10 Gm. Even the 4 Gm per day dose can cause liver damage over an extended period of time.
Avatar f tn Try taking about half the prescribed dose to see if the nausea recedes, and gradually add back to the prescribed dose. You may end up doing better with a synthetic opioid like oxycontin rather than morphine. However, morphine is much cheaper than any of the synthetics, so if you can gradually increase to an effective dose with the morphine, so much the better.
Avatar f tn Take 25% of those morphine mg per hour numbers above and that will yield the bioavailability of morphine (i.e.,how much of the dose in the pill is actually active towards relieving your pain). Don't let the bioavailability fool you into thinking you are not getting enough medication for your pain. Bioavailabilities can be extremely low and still provide sufficient pain relief as the manufacturer puts enough mgs in the pill to ensure the patient is receiving a therapeutic dose.
Avatar f tn Oxymorphone was not detected in any specimen from high-dose morphine or high-dose hydromorphone patients. The authors conclude, based on these data, that oxymorphone is not a metabolite of morphine or hydromorphone. I wish I had better answers for you. I am not super knowledgeable in Chemistry. This was not imperative some years ago - so I am learning. All I can do is research for metabolites and UDS various results - though I do understand when I read them.
563648 tn?1294323177 In your January 2011 posts, you stated that your doctor had taken you off of the Norcos and had you on 30 mg of morphine twice a day. Then in this question you say that you've been on the Norcos for 7 months - it has only been 3 months since you stated your doc had taken you off the norcos.
Avatar f tn HELP!!! I am coming down from a 520 mg /day morphine sulfate. Took my last dose last night. Have no refills. I am sick right now....feels like bad flu but worse. **** know what to do. My kids are with their dad. I am so scared. Need advise.
Avatar n tn Hi and I too am sorry your husband went through such an ordeal, and you too. The amount of pain medication he received was high but be assured the Dr's will NOT give a dose that is lethal no matter how high the pain threshold is. A Lot of Pt's particularly cancer Pt's suffer because the body can only handle a certain amount of narcotics because it will cause trouble breathing and other complications.