EMBEDA Is for Moderate to Severe Chronic Pain, Not for Crushing and Snorting [Medgadget] Newly approved EMBEDA™ (morphine sulfate and naltrexone hydrochloride) Extended Release Capsules from King Pharmaceuticals®, Inc. ingeniously combine an opioid agonist (morphine) with an inner core of opioid antagonist (naltrexone). The naltrexone part of the capsule is sequestered, so it passes through the body with no intended clinical effect. But if any of you out there think of crushing the capsule on a slow night, please be aware: the naltrexone will mix with morphine, and will give you an opioid withdrawal like you’ve never seen before! We’re talking abdominal cramping, diarrhea, dilated pupils, goose bumps, nausea, and the whole shebang. Wow. So if you don’t crush them up they work like they’re supposed to? So *patient* abusers are all set? (Assuming they sport sleeves of course.)
EMBEDA Is for Moderate to Severe Chronic Pain, Not for Crushing and Snorting [Medgadget]
Newly approved EMBEDA™ (morphine sulfate and naltrexone hydrochloride) Extended Release Capsules from King Pharmaceuticals®, Inc. ingeniously combine an opioid agonist (morphine) with an inner core of opioid antagonist (naltrexone). The naltrexone part of the capsule is sequestered, so it passes through the body with no intended clinical effect. But if any of you out there think of crushing the capsule on a slow night, please be aware: the naltrexone will mix with morphine, and will give you an opioid withdrawal like you’ve never seen before! We’re talking abdominal cramping, diarrhea, dilated pupils, goose bumps, nausea, and the whole shebang.

Wow. So if you don’t crush them up they work like they’re supposed to? So *patient* abusers are all set? (Assuming they sport sleeves of course.)

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