Morphine
Morphine is the principal constituent of opium and ranges in concentration
from 4 to 21 percent. Commercial opium is standardized to contain
10-percent morphine. In the United States, a small percentage of the
morphine obtained from opium is used directly (about 20 tons); the
remaining is converted to codeine and other derivatives (about 110 tons).

Morphine is one of the most effective drugs known for against which new
analgesics are measured.

Like most narcotics, the use of morphine has increased significantly in
recent years. Since 1998, there has been about a two-fold increase in the use
of morphine products in the United States.


Morphine is marketed under generic and brand name products including
MS-Contin®, Oramorph SR®, MSIR®, Roxanol®, Kadian®, and RMS®.

preoperative sedation, as a supplement to anesthesia, and for analgesia. It is
the drug of choice for relieving the Morphine is used parenterally (by
injection) for pain of myocardial infarction and for its cardiovascular effects
in the treatment of acute pulmonary edema.

Traditionally, morphine was almost exclusively used by injection. Today,
morphine is marketed in a variety of forms, including oral solutions,
immediate and sustained-release tablets and capsules, suppositories, and
injectable preparations.

In addition, the availability of high-concentration morphine preparations
(i.e., 20-mg/ml oral solutions, 25-mg/ml injectable solutions, and 200-mg
sustained-release tablets) partially reflects the use of this substance for
chronic pain management in opiate-tolerant patients.
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