: a bitter crystalline addictive narcotic base C17H19NO3 that is the principal alkaloid of opium and is used in the form of a soluble salt (such as a hydrochloride or a sulfate) as an analgesic and sedative
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End-of-life drugs have included DDMAPh, a combination of diazepam, digoxin, morphine sulfate, amitriptyline, and phenobarbital; DDMA, a combination of diazepam, digoxin, morphine sulfate, and amitriptyline; and DDMP, a combination of diazepam, digoxin, morphine, sulfate and propranolol.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
The medical examiner’s office said, too, that more than 80% of 2025’s overdose deaths involved fentanyl, the synthetic opioid largely produced by Mexican drug cartels that’s 100 times more potent than morphine.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Keeping up with inflation Pfizer announced the most list price hikes, on around 80 different drugs including cancer drug Ibrance, migraine pill Nurtec, and COVID treatment Paxlovid, as well as some administered in hospitals such as morphine and hydromorphone.
—Reuters 12 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
The Weld County Coroner's report revealed Peterson died of an accidental morphine overdose.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
The medical examiner’s office said, too, that more than 80% of 2025’s overdose deaths involved fentanyl, the synthetic opioid largely produced by Mexican drug cartels that’s 100 times more potent than morphine.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Keeping up with inflation Pfizer announced the most list price hikes, on around 80 different drugs including cancer drug Ibrance, migraine pill Nurtec, and COVID treatment Paxlovid, as well as some administered in hospitals such as morphine and hydromorphone.
—Reuters 12 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
The Weld County Coroner's report revealed Peterson died of an accidental morphine overdose.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
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“Morphine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morphine. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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morphine
noun
mor·phine
ˈmȯr-ˌfēn 
: a bitter white habit-forming narcotic drug made from opium and used especially to deaden pain
Etymology
derived from Morpheus "Greek god of dreams"
Medical Definition
morphine
noun
mor·phine
ˈmȯr-ˌfēn
: a bitter crystalline addictive narcotic base C17H19NO3 that is the principal alkaloid of opium and is used in the form of its hydrated sulfate (C17H19NO3)2·H2SO4·5H2O or hydrated hydrochloride C17H19NO3·HCl·3H2O as an analgesic and sedative
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