Morphine Pre-reading questions

Fill in the blanks with words from the list. Use each word only once.

Severe naturally brain Significant potent opiate

Morphine is a very ______________ drug known as an ____________ that is used in the field of medicine to relieve pain. Opiates ____________ occur in poppy seeds , or they can be synthetically manufactured. They work on the area of the ___________ that perceives pain, thus reducing the patient’s experience of it. Because it is such a strong drug , it is meant to be used only by people in ____________ pain. This is because the side effects are ____________ and the risk of addictions is high.

Vocabulary extension

Here are six words that are related to the topic but are not in the reading. Fill in each blank with the best word from the list. Use each word only once.

Analgesic withdrawal comfortable withdrawal tolerance concern

When used to alleviate pain in people who are dying , addiction is not a _____________ and the drug can be used to make the patient more __________ during his or her final days. However, when used as an ____________ in patients who are in severe pain not dying, precautions should be taken. Doses and frequentcy of doses should closely monitored, as well as the patien’s _____________ symptoms. There are two main indicators of addiction - _____________ and _____________.