In very old patients, treatment with a morphine infusion pump for pain or dyspnea should initially be started with a maximum dose of 5–10 mg/24 h (approx. 0.2–0.4 mg/h) subcutaneously or ...

Morphine is a powerful painkiller that belongs to the group of opioids. It blocks signals in the pain pathways and also increases feelings of pleasure. Morphine acts on several central and ...

The death of a cancer-stricken boy in 1981 “may have been hastened” by a morphine overdose his mother claimed she gave him, ...

Although many dosing regimens for intravenous morphine have been studied, 0.10 mg/kg generally is recommended as an acceptable starting dose for treating patients with acute pain. Unfortunately ...