Body Fluids and CirculationHard
Question
Select the correct statement from the one given below :
Options
A.Barbiturates when given to criminals make them tell the truth
B.Morphine is a often gives to person who have under gone surgery as a pain killer
C.Chewing toacco lawers blood pressure and heart rate
D.Cocine is given to patients after surgery as stimulates recovery.
Solution
Serturner, a pharmacist isolated the active principleof opium in 1806 and named it morphine. Morphine is a phenanthrene opioid receptors agonist, its main effect is binding to and activating μ - opioid receptors in the central nervous system. In clinical settings, morphine exerts its principle pharmacological effect on the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. Its primary actions of therapeutic value are analgesic and sedation.
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