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Old Oct 12, 2016, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Yoda View Post
I never meant that I would like to self administer it. I am just curious why it is so popular.

For many years I gave IV morphine to my patients and knew the pharmacology of the drug but had no first hand experience of how the patients felt. A couple of years ago when I was a patient in the ER my nurse gave me 4 mg of morphine. It was very relaxing but I didn't feel "high".
I had IV morphine. It just made me sleepy. Took care of the pain, though.