What should I know regarding pregnancy, nursing and administering morphine injection to children or the elderly?
If you are:
Pregnant:
Only When Necessary: NEONATAL WITHDRAWAL/RESP.DEPRESS. W/CHRONIC OR HIGH DOSE; SMALL TERATOGENIC RISK
Nursing:
Precaution: MONITOR INFANT FOR RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION AND INCREASED DROWSINESS
An adult over 60:
Precaution: (SOM)RISKS:HYPOTENSION/RESP.DEPRESS/URINARY RET./CONFUSION/CONSTIP.
Giving morphine injection to a child under 12:
Relative Contraindication: MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO EFFECTS AND ADVERSE CNS EFFECTS, RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION.