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Can liquid morphine be given sublingual?
Sublingually administered morphine has sometimes been used in the treatment of breakthrough pain because some believe it provides effective analgesia via an appropriate alternate route.
Can you put morphine under your tongue?
This medication may be mixed with fluids or soft foods, or placed directly in the mouth. It may also be placed under the tongue if the patient cannot swallow or does not like the taste.
Do you have to swallow sublingual morphine?
Implications for practice: Because of unpleasant taste, which could influence adherence and subsequent analgesia, clinicians should encourage patients to swallow their morphine doses and restrict use of sublingual morphine to individuals who are unable to swallow.
Is liquid morphine absorbed in mouth?
Morphine Sulfate may be swallowed; however, if the patient is unable to swallow or has difficulty swallowing, you may place the medication under the tongue or in the check between the teeth and cheek. Morphine Sulfate will then be absorbed into the oral mucosa tissue.
How long does it take for sublingual morphine to kick in?
The medication will begin working to relieve pain in 15 to 30 minutes and reaches its peak effect in 1 hour. It will continue to work for 2 to 4 hours. This form of morphine is used to treat breakthrough pain in cancer patients who have been receiving opioids on a regular basis to treat their baseline pain.
How fast does morphine work under the tongue?
Morphine Sulfate will then be absorbed into the oral mucosa tissue. Morphine Sulfate is a rapid acting medication and is usually effective within ten to twenty minutes. If the medication dose does not appear to have relieved the symptoms, please call the nurse for further direction.
How fast does sublingual morphine absorb?
Taste and Oral pH We demonstrated that the unpleasant taste began within 5 minutes after the sublingual dose and lasted up to 20 minutes. For optimal absorption through the sublingual route, the drug should be lipid soluble and unionized at the pH of saliva.