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What is Morphine Sulfate?

Morphine is an opiate drug used to treat moderate-severe pain. It is available in immediate action and extended release preparations for different delivery routes including liquid, tablets, injectable, and continuous pump infusion. Constipation is a common side effect of any opiate medication.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 208 55 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 76 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Chronic pain 54 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 21 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Breakthrough pain 15 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain in lower back 15 6 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 389 patients currently taking Morphine Sulfate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 16
Moderate
 17
Mild
 33
None
 35

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Morphine Sulfate

Constipation 26
Nausea 7
Dizziness 7
Drowsiness 4
Withdrawal effects 3
Decreased level of consciuosness 3
See all 42 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Morphine Sulfate. See all 88 dosages ►

  30mg as needed 15mg as needed 15 mg daily 30 mg daily 45 mg daily 60 mg daily 90 mg daily 120 mg daily 180 mg daily 200 mg daily
  23 Number of Patients: 23 23 Number of Patients: 23 27 Number of Patients: 27 56 Number of Patients: 56 27 Number of Patients: 27 75 Number of Patients: 75 27 Number of Patients: 27 29 Number of Patients: 29 13 Number of Patients: 13 16 Number of Patients: 16  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Morphine Sulfate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 29   Did not seem to work: 35%
Side effects too severe 22   Side effects too severe: 26%
Other 15   Other: 18%
Doctor's advice 11   Doctor's advice: 13%
Course of treatment ended 9   Course of treatment ended: 11%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 7%
Expense 4   Expense: 5%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 2%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 80 patients who’ve stopped taking Morphine Sulfate

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Morphine Sulfate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Morphine Sulfate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Morphine Sulfate

Always
 76 75%
Usually
 16 16%
Sometimes
 6 6%
Never
 3 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Morphine Sulfate

Very
 5 5%
Somewhat
 13 13%
A little
 19 19%
Not at all
 64 63%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Morphine Sulfate

$200+
 1 1%
$100-199
 2 3%
$50-99
 3 4%
$25-49
 3 4%
< $25
 60 86%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.