A friend of mine takes morphine for arthritic pain. Can using Morphine long term cause organs to shut down?

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Lucybell Asked January 2018

A friend of mine takes morphine for arthritic pain. Can using Morphine long term cause organs to shut down?

She has been on Morphine through pain management for a year and a half. Can using Morphine that long cause your organs to shut down?

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How old is your friend? How disabled is she by her pain? What other pain relief has been tried?

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Long term use leads to dependence and the need to use more and more which will affect organs as well as other issues. How long it takes probably depends on many variables. One could live through arthritis pain only to become an addict.

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