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simi
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08/09/07 - 05:50 AM

which one of the following is an established clinical use of morphine?

a)management of generalized anxiety disorders

b)relief of pain associated with biliary colic

simi
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08/09/07 - 05:52 AM

c)pulmonary congestion

d)treatment of cough associated with use of ACE inhibitors

e)suppresion of the ethanol withdrawal syndrome

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08/09/07 - 06:08 AM

b)relief of pain associated with biliary colic

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08/09/07 - 06:54 AM

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08/09/07 - 07:06 PM

its c,
it is not used for biliary colic as it causes coliky pain

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08/09/07 - 07:07 PM

other uses

MI(relieves pain,causes vasodilation,decreases preload,afterload)

herpetic neuralgia

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08/11/07 - 06:19 AM

simi what is the answer??is it by any chance d??cough suppression rolling eyes

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08/11/07 - 02:25 PM

c. pulmonary edema

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08/12/07 - 02:53 AM

the answer is C..pulmonary congestion...morphine is used in pulmonary congestion ,in part because of its sedative (calming) and analgesic effects and also because of its vasodilating actions,which result in favourable hemodyanamics in terms of cardiac and pulmonary function.

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12/07/07 - 09:10 AM

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answer is C..pulmonary congestion as it has a camling effect as well as a vasodilator....

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