Purpose. The successful use of inhaled morphine to relieve dyspnea in a patient with end-stage cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease is described. Dyspnea, the sensation of breathlessness or labored ...
Chronic morphine administration frequently leads to altered behavioral responses (called sensitization), which are thought to result from neuronal hyperactivity and accompanying changes to neural ...
It’s that or suicide. I’ve spent quite a lot of time thinking, “How do I accumulate enough morphine to do this for myself?” I haven’t done it yet.’ She laughs, possibly at herself for ...
They'd soon find out something had gone terribly wrong — the 85-year-old had been given 1,000 times the intended dose of morphine. It was enough to kill her. "I miss her terribly. It came as a ...
Morphine was the pain relief drug given to wounded soldiers in the Second World War. With the patient sedated and his pain controlled, the doctors proceeded to carefully remove his work boot.