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Does Morphine Reduce Alcohol In Blood ?
age 60 height 165 weight 75.Medical issues asthma,bronchiectas.After recent traffic accident trauma,given morphine to alleviate severe painBlood ethanol reading of 5.6,yet had not consumed any alcohol for 3 weeks prior.Would alcohol blood reading have been compromised by morphine treatment
Thu, 5 Feb 2015
Hi, morphine is used as strong analgesic with due precautions but its nothing to do with blood alcohol level.
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