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Thinking about doing a study where i take morphine. how dangerous is this?


it's 3 weekend stays, with a 32 mg tablet on arrival. i've read through a bunch of fda stuff, but i'm wondering if there are any scientists/docs/nurses that could tell me what this dosage is like and what to expect (more concerned about long-term). thanks if you have time to respond.

yep.. 32mg extended release for three consecutive weekends... thanks

How much morphine will you be taking over how long?

From what you've written it seems like it's three weekends [possibly consecutive?] with a single dose of 32mg. This will have negligible addictive effects, you will not become a junkie so don't worry.

Many people are routinely given morphine every day as a powerful analgaesic, it is only when taken frequently over a peroid [although this period does not have to be very long] that addiction may occur.

I wouldn't worry about it at all, at most all you'll feel is sleepy and happy.

Morphine can be addicting, so that is something you might want to think about.

Nothing TO WORRY ABOUT,infact u must have enjoyed journey to moon

32 mg in an extended-release formulation is a diddly dose. Ten milligrams injected is a normal dose, and the immediate-release tablets have about 80% undergo first-pass metabolism through the liver, so the equivalent orally is about 60 mg, and that's immediate-release. Taking a 32 mg timed-release pill would be like taking a single extended-release acetaminophen tablet, except for the possibility of some minor side effects. And you could reasonably expect to take such a dose regularly for weeks, even months, without building up a tolerance, much less habituation. I'd say both the risks and benefits at that dose are likely to be negligible, so you're probably just going to feed some pharma-sponsored study a bunch of data for nothing, but if your study is university-based and not funded by a drug company, I'd say go for it.

Can you post where the study is at, because i want some too!

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