Hello Anonymous,
Your husband stopped breathing for five minutes while receiving morphine because morphine has a direct effect on the respiratory centers of the brain stem. Decrease in respiration is a serious side effect of this drug.
Regards, Maryann
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Hello Anonymous,
Your husband stopped breathing for five minutes while receiving morphine because morphine has a direct effect on the respiratory centers of the brain stem. Decrease in respiration is a serious side effect of this drug.
Regards,
February 17, 2015 - 10:49amMaryann
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