surprising interaction between ORAL Trovan and IV morphine

December 1998

There's a surprising interaction between ORAL Trovan and IV morphine.

These are sometimes given together to patients in the hospital or before surgery.

IV morphine reduces the absorption of Trovan by about a third...and reduces peak serum concentrations by almost half.

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