Morphine Side Effects

Morphine is a narcotic analgesic. Morphine was first isolated from opium in 1805 by a German pharmacist, Wilhelm Sertürner. Sertürner described it as the Principium Somniferum. He named it morphium - after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams. Today morphine is isolated from opium in substantially larger quantities - over 1000 tons per year - although most commercial opium is converted into codeine by methylation. On the illicit market, opium gum is filtered into morphine base and then synthesized into heroin.

Morphine side effects include but are not limited to:

• anxiety
  
• involuntary movement of the eyebal
  
• l blurred vision / double vision
  
• constipation "pinpoint" pupils
  
• chills
  
• depressed or irritable mood
  
• itching
  
• cramps
  
• dizziness
  
• rash
  
• diarrhea
  
• drowsiness
  
• rigid muscles
  
• inability to urinate
  
• exaggerated sense of well-being
  
• seizure
  
• dreams
  
• light - headedness
  
• swelling due to fluid retention
  
• dry mouth
  
• nausea
  
• tingling or pins and needles
  
• facial flushing
  
• sedation
  
• tremor
  
• fainting / faintness
  
• sweating
  
• uncoordinated muscle movements
  
• floating feeling
  
• vomiting
  
• weakness
  
• hallucinations
  
• agitation
  
• abdominal pain
  
• headache
  
• allergic reaction
  
• abnormal thinking
  
• high/low blood pressure
  
• appetite loss
  
• accidental injury
  
• hives
  
• apprehension
  
• memory loss insomnia