Report on Morphine Addiction: A Comprehensive Overview

This report examines morphine addiction, a significant issue in healthcare. It begins by defining morphine and its role as a pain reliever, highlighting its potential for abuse due to its euphoric effects. The report delves into the causes of morphine addiction, emphasizing its misuse through high doses or mixing with other substances like alcohol, and identifies the demographic most affected. The report also discusses the dangers of morphine abuse, including its impact on health and the importance of prevention. Finally, it provides practical strategies for preventing morphine addiction, such as educating individuals about the risks, securing the drug, and monitoring the behavior of friends and family. The report references relevant sources to support its claims.

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Morphine addiction
Morphine is a pain-relieving drug that is classified in a group of drugs known as opioid,
which are narcotic analgesics (Satoskar, Rege and Bhandarkar, 2015). Morphine relieves both
moderate and severe pain. Its main site of action is in the brain, where it changes how the whole
body responds to pain. Morphine is very effective, as it relieves pain that is difficult to control by
using other medications that are known pain relievers. As one takes morphine, he or she should
continue taking a normal diet, unless instructed otherwise. Morphine comes in various forms, as
a solution, as a tablet and as a capsule. The solution is taken orally in a repeated duration of 4
hours, the morphine tablets are usually taken in a repeated duration of 8 to 12 hours while the
morphine capsules are taken in a repeated duration of 12 or 24 hours ((Satoskar, Rege and
Bhandarkar, 2015). Patients should follow the prescriptions accurately and ask questions when
they don’t understand.
Use of morphine brings along a feeling of euphoria and reduced tension. This is the main
reason why it brings about addiction among users (Gossop, 2016). Morphine is largely abused.
When taken multiple times, it can lead to dependency in the body even when the reasons for
taking it are right and genuine. It is abused by taking it in very high doses so as to achieve the
desired feeling. It can also be abused by mixing it with drinks such as alcohol. This is extremely
dangerous to human life.
Morphine addiction is high among males aged between 20 to 64 years (Gossop, 2016).
Outside the typical prescription process, morphine may be obtained from online selling platforms
in the internet or accessing it from family members or friends who have a prescription. Morphine
abuse is detrimental to one’s health and should therefore be prevented through the following

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ways; discussing risks of morphine abuse with people on medication, keeping the drug locked in
a safe place, being concerned with your children’s or friends’ whereabouts and teaching patients
that drugs given by prescription can be addictive.

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References
Gossop, M. (2016). Living with drugs. Routledge.
Satoskar, R. S., Rege, N., & Bhandarkar, S. D. (2015). Pharmacology and
pharmacotherapeutics. Elsevier Health Sciences.