Oramorph SR
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The generic morphine sulfate immediate release is available in a number of different brands, including Oramorph SR. Available as both short-acting morphine and extended-release morphine, Oramorph SR is used to treat moderate to severe pain. The medication is also available in the brand names Avinza, Kadian, Morphine IR, MS Contin and Roxanol.
Due to the potency of this medication, Oramorph SR should only be used to treat patients who are already being treated with a similar opioid pain medication as the body is more tolerant to its potent effects. When swallowed, Oramorph SR can provide quick and effective pain relief. The medication is often used to treat breakthrough pain in cancer patients who are already receiving opioids on a regular basis to address baseline pain.
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Abuses of Oramorph SR
As a mu-agonist opioid, Oramorph SR has an abuse liability that is similar to that of other opioid agonists. A Schedule II medication on the controlled substances list, Oramorph SR can easily be abused. The drug is often diverted for recreational use, especially when it can be combined with other psychoactive substances.
Those who want to acquire Oramorph SR for recreational use can often use such tactics as emergency calls or visits to see a physician at the end of office hours or refusal to undergo appropriate examination, testing or referral. Such users are known to tamper with prescriptions and will often doctor shop to gain as much of the medication as possible without showing up on the radar.
Effects of Oramorph SR
Oramorph SR is known to work within 30 minutes of being swallowed and works to relieve pain by activating receptors in the brain that are known to cause pain relief. An opiate painkiller, it is the strongest known painkiller on the market and is known to cause adverse reactions in patients.
Minor side effects can include anxiety, constipation, depressed or irritable mood, dizziness, drowsiness, exaggerated sense of well-being, light-headedness, sedation, sweating and vomiting. More serious reactions can easily include respiratory depression, respiratory arrest, apnea, circulatory depression, cardiac arrest, hypotension and/or shock.
Withdrawal of Oramorph SR
When taken over a long period of time, Oramorph SR can be damaging to the body. It can also cause tolerance, dependence and addiction. When the individual stops taking Oramorph SR, they can experience some degree of narcotic withdrawal syndrome which can include dilated pupils, goose bumps, restlessness, restless sleep, runny nose, sweating, tearing or yawning within 24 hours of discontinuing the drug.
Any and all of the following symptoms can occur in the Oramorph SR withdrawal stage over the next 72 hours:
• Abdominal and leg pains
• Abdominal and muscle cramps
• Anxiety
• Diarrhea
• Hot and cold flashes
• Inability to fall or stay asleep
• Increase in body temperature
• Increase in blood pressure
• Increased breathing and heat rate
• Kicking movements
• Loss of appetite
• Nasal discharge
• Nausea
• Severe backache
• Sneezing
• Twitching
• Spasm of muscles
• Vomiting
• Weakness
Treatment of Oramorph SR Addiction
Considering the potency of Oramorph SR, it can be dangerous to take and dangerous to stop taking as dependence that can arise can be very difficult to eliminate. The mental and physical addiction likely to occur makes it very difficult to stop taking the drug or to function normally without it as the withdrawal stage is very difficult.
Detoxification is required to cleanse the body of Oramorph SR and must be done under the care of a board-certified physician and a board-certified psychiatrist. A comfortable detox using withdrawal medications for Oramorph SR abuse is often recommended by a quality center. The center should also do a full physical on a person to determine the right medications for the comfortable detox process.
