Morphine sulfate

• Morphine
• M S Contin
• Roxanol
• Astramorph

Note: This list may not be all-inclusive.

• Body as a whole
  • Muscle spasticity
• Respiratory
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Slow and labored breathing
  • Shallow breathing
  • No breathing temporarily
• Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  • Pinpoint pupils
• Skin
  • Bluish-colored fingernails and lips
• Gastrointestinal
  • Spasms of the stomach or intestinal tract
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Constipation
• Heart and blood vessels
  • Weak pulse
  • Low blood pressure
  • Palpitations
• Nervous system
  • Drowsiness
  • Coma

• DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING.
• Perform mouth-to-mouth breathing if the person stops breathing.

Determine the following information:

• The patient's age, weight, and condition
• The name of the product (ingredients and strengths if known)
• The time it was swallowed
• The amount swallowed
• If the medication was prescribed for the patient

They will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Take the container with you to the emergency room.

Some or all of the following procedures may be performed:

• Use gastric lavage.
• Administer activated charcoal.
• Administer a laxative.
• Give a counteracting drug (narcotic antagonist). Multiple doses may be needed.
• Administer intravenous fluids as needed.
• Monitor breathing.
• Treat the symptoms.
• Naloxone hydrochloride intravenously.

If an antidote can be given, recovery from an acute overdose occurs within 24�- 72 hours.