Long lasting respiratory depression induced by morphine‐6‐glucuronide?

Article date: April 1989

By: J. Hasselstrom, U. Berg, A. Lofgren, J. Sawe, in Volume 27, Issue 4, pages 515-518

We report a case of long lasting respiratory depression after intravenous administration of morphine to a 7 year old girl with haemolytic uraemic syndrome. The plasma concentrations of the active metabolite M6G were more than 10 times those normally seen and the half‐ lives of M6G and morphine were prolonged.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1989.tb05401.x

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