The other group of 12 subjects were given subcutaneous injections of morphine and atropine before anesthesia. The cerebrospinal-fluid pressure was measured with a water manometer connected to a ...

An oncology nurse shares advice for avoiding exhaustion and soreness when administering subcutaneous injections.

The hospice nurse consulted with the hospice medical director, and an equianalgesic dose of subcutaneous morphine was determined on the basis of her current medication. The calculation was ...

Thirty patients with cancer pain were randomized in a double-blind crossover study to MS-CRS every 12 hours or SC morphine every 4 hours for 4 days each, using a 2.5:1 analgesic equivalence ratio.

IN the experiments described here, the analgesic effects of 5.0 mg/kg of subcutaneous morphine and 60.0 mg/kg of subcutaneous codeine were determined individually at various intervals after the ...

offer analgesia with modest to moderate increased risk of lower efficacy compared with subcutaneous morphine (SCM), according to a study published online Jan. 23 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Due to this first-pass metabolism, only around 40% to 50% of morphine reaches the central nervous system. In the case of subcutaneous injection, blood levels of morphine peak after about 20 ...

All study participants were administered a sublingual disintegrating tablet (fentanyl 100 μg or placebo) and a subcutaneous injection (morphine 5 mg or placebo). The 5-mg SCM dose for the control ...

offer analgesia with modest to moderate increased risk of lower efficacy compared with subcutaneous morphine (SCM), according to a study published online Jan. 23 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.