can morphine be prescribed
Morphine is part of a class of drugs called opiate (narcotic) analgesics, or opioid agonists, which block the transmission of pain signals to the brain by binding to nervous system proteins called opioid receptors. Morphine is also sometimes prescribed off label to treat pain in hospitalized children. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved morphine in 1941. Multiple companies, including King Pharmaceuticals, Hospria, and Roxane Laboratories, manufacture the drug under different brand names.