What is Mitigo? Uses, warnings & side effects

Your doctor will prescribe your exact dose and tell you how often it should be given. This medicine may be given through a needle (a shot) or a catheter (a small tube). It may be given under your skin, into a muscle, into a vein, or into your back.

Injection routeA nurse or other health provider will give you this medicine.

Injection routeYou may be taught how to give your medicine at home. Make sure you understand all instructions before giving yourself an injection. Do not use more medicine or use it more often than your doctor tells you to.

To avoid dizziness from this medicine, get up slowly from a sitting or lying position.

You should not use two doses at the same time.

Use your medicine as soon as you remember that you have missed your dose.

If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then to use your medicine and skip the missed dose.

You should not use this medicine if you have ever had an allergic reaction to morphine or to related narcotic painkillers. You should not use morphine if you have asthma.

If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, talk to your doctor before taking this medicine.

Before using this medicine, make sure your doctor knows if you have a seizure disorder (epilepsy), asthma, liver, heart, kidney, gallbladder, lung, or inflammatory bowel disease, a bleeding disorder, or an enlarged prostate.

This medicine may be habit-forming. You should not use more than your doctor ordered, or use it for longer periods of time than prescribed.

Talk to your doctor before you stop using this medicine. You may need to use smaller and smaller amounts before stopping completely.

This medicine may make you drowsy or dizzy. Avoid driving or using machinery.

This medicine may cause constipation, especially with long-term use. Ask your doctor if you should use a laxative to prevent and treat constipation.

Make sure your doctor knows if you have taken an MAO inhibitor (Nardil®, Parnate®, Marplan®, Eldepryl®) within the last 14 days before using morphine.

Morphine may interact with many other drugs. Be sure your doctor knows of all other medicines you are taking.

Avoid drinking alcohol while using morphine.

Talk to your doctor before you stop using this medicine. You may need to use smaller and smaller amounts before stopping completely.

This medicine may make you drowsy or dizzy. Avoid driving or using machinery.

This medicine may cause constipation, especially with long-term use. Ask your doctor if you should use a laxative to prevent and treat constipation.