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Old 03-01-2011, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by mrsD View Post
Nausea from opiates does not come from the stomach. It comes from the nausea receptors in brain being over stimulated when pain receptors are full of drug and excess is floating around and move to the apomorphine sites.
I did not know that - just passing along the conventional boilerplate wisdom:
From: http://www.drugs.com/cdi/morphine-su...e-tablets.html
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Take Morphine Sustained-Release Tablets by mouth with or without food. If stomach upset occurs, take with food to reduce stomach irritation.
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