MS Contin® is a
time-released formulation of
morphine, usually taken every twelve hours for chronic pain. It is the brand name for morphine
sulfate marketed by
Purdue Pharma.It is available in tablet and liquid formulas in doses of 5mg, 10mg, 15mg, 20mg, 30mg, 60mg, 100mg and 200mg. Due to its strength, it is typically prescribed to
cancer patients and victims of severe but non-cognitive-damaging trauma.Like its relative cousin
OxyContin, MS Contin has been the subject of pharmacy robberies.
[1] It is considered particularly dangerous to recreational drug users who are unaware that the time-release mechanism is a wax inside of the pill (not the colored coating on the outside) that, when heated, expands and encases the morphine sulfate. The danger presented to drug users who prefer intravenous/intramuscular injection is the wax.
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