About morphine
| Type of medicine | Strong opioid painkiller |
| Used for | Pain relief |
| Also called | Filnarine®; Morphgesic®; MST Continus®; MXL®; Oramorph®; Sevredol®; Zomorph® |
| Available as | Tablets, slow-release tablets and capsules, oral liquid medicine, sachets, and injection |
Strong opioids are medicines used to treat severe or long-term (chronic) pain. Although there are many types of strong opioids (sometimes called opiates), morphine is the most commonly used. It works on your nervous system and brain to reduce the amount of pain you feel.
Morphine can be taken as a liquid by mouth, as quick-acting tablets, or as slow-release tablets and capsules. It is also available as an injection. Morphine is commonly given by injection in hospitals following surgical operations. Oral preparations of morphine come with various different brand names, and not all brands are absorbed by your body in the same way. Once you have started taking one brand, you should continue to take the same brand unless your doctor tells you to switch to another....Read more
My wife Enid is on morphine as a pain relief and it does affect her ..wound care
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