What Precautions Should Be Taken While On Morphine Sulphate Qid?

Posted on Wed, 18 Jun 2014

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Question : Hi There I Have just been taking 1.5mg of conazepam for about 3 months now.....a month and a half ago i was prescribed 5mg of morphine sulphate qid. are there any particular things I should be looking out for?
sorry the dosage of clonazepam is 1.5mg bid

Answered by Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Increase sedation, potential for interaction

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking!
Opioid( morphine) and anxiolytic ( Clonazepam) has only on ething to look for and that is sedation.they both potentiate each other's effects and make the sedation marked to dangerous levels that is why it is usually avoided to take both simultaneously or be on strict observation and monitoring for that. Get to your prescriber if need be in case of some sedation issues and let them reshuffle the dosages to the lowest minimum possible.
I hope it helps.Take good care and don't forget to close the discussion please.
May the odds be ever in your favour.
Regards
S Khan

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar