Is morphine safe to use?
Patient: i have excruciating pain right now due to a fall ....i have been proscribed Vicodin.... but it is not enough ......i find myself taking dangerous amounts just to get relief ........my buddy gave me a 60 morphine and i was just wondering if it would be safe to use as a 135 lbs woman and how my body may react Doctor: Hello!Thank you for the query.Every person has different tolerance to opioids (which is Vicodin and Morphine). Morphine is much more dangerous than Vicodin is. it is very easy to overdose it. Due to overdose it may cause coma and death due to breathing problems.60 mg of Morphine is quite large dosage. You definitely should not take it at once. If you have to use this medicine, please start from the 5mg dosage and if it wont help you may repeat it. 10 mg is usually enough to ease the pain.Hope this will help.Regards.