Morphine

Generality

Morphine is a natural alkaloid extracted from opium, obtained by drying the milky liquid that comes out of the immature capsule of the Papaver somniferum after having engraved it.

Belonging to the class of opioid analgesics, morphine is used in the medical field for the treatment of pain; just think that the administration of only 10mg (0.01 grams) of morphine by parenteral route is able to reduce the perception of pain by at least 80%.
Morphine is used as a therapeutic aid in the treatment of chronic - deep pain of medium-high intensity, such as neoplastic pain in the terminal phase. In this regard, it is interesting to underline how morphine abolishes pain intended as suffering, but not its perception. Often the subject remains aware of the pain stimulus, perceives it but does not worry about it, detaches from it and has no difficulty in tolerating it.
Morphine is available in pharmaceutical formulations suitable for oral and parenteral administration.