MORPHINE SULFATE (Morphine) Flashcards
MORPHINE SULFATE (Morphine)
Name/Class: MORPHINE SULFATE (Morphine)/Narcotic Analgesic
Description: Morphine sulfate is a potent analgesic and sedative that causes some vasodilation, reducing venous return, and reduced myocardial oxygen demand.
Indications: Moderate to severe pain and in MI and to reduce venous return in pulmonary edema.
Contraindications: Hypersensitivity to opiates, undiagnosed head or abdominal injury, hypotension, or volume depletion, acute bronchial asthma, COPD, severe respiratory depression, or pulmonary edema due to chemical inhalation.
Precautions: Elderly, children, or debilitated patients. Naloxone should be readily available to counteract the effects of morphine.
Dosage/Route: Pain: 2 to 20 mg IV; 5 to 20 mg IM/SQ.
Pedi: 0.05 to 0.1 mg/kg IV
