Morphinedrug info
morphine sulfate 100 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet
What it is used for
Morphine sulfate extended-release tablets are indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate. Limitations of Use Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, and misuse with opioids, even at recommended doses, and because of the greater risks of overdose and death with extended-release opioid formulations, reserve morphine sulfate extended-release tablets for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options (e.g., non-opioid analgesics or immediate-release opioids) are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain. Morphine sulfate extended-release tablets are not indicated as an as-needed (prn) analgesic. Morphine sulfate extended-release tablets are an opioid agonist indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate. Limitations of Use Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, and misuse with opioids, even at recommended doses, and because of the greater risks of overdose and death with extended-release opioid formulations, reserve morphine sulfate extended-release tablets for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options (e.g., non-opioid analgesics or immediate-release opioids) are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain. Morphine sulfate extended-release tablets are not indicated as an as-needed (prn) analgesic.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective February 13, 2026. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Morphine sulfate extended-release tablets are for oral use and contains morphine sulfate, an opioid agonist. Each tablet contains the following inactive ingredients common to all strengths: colloidal silicon dioxide, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, povidone, stearic acid, talc and titanium dioxide. The tablet strengths describe the amount of morphine per tablet as the pentahydrated sulfate salt (morphine sulfate, USP). The 15 mg tablets also contain: FD&C Blue # 2/Indigo carmine aluminum lake, ferrosoferric oxide, macrogol/PEG 4000 and macrogol/PEG 400 The 30 mg tablets also contain: D&C Red # 27/Phloxine aluminum lake, FD&C Blue # 2/Indigo carmine aluminum lake, macrogol/PEG 4000 and macrogol/PEG 400 The 60 mg tablets also contain: FD&C Yellow # 6 aluminum lake and macrogol/PEG 4000 and macrogol/PEG 400 The 100 mg tablets also contain: FD&C Blue # 2/Indigo carmine aluminum lake, ferrosoferric oxide, ferric oxide yellow, macrogol/PEG 4000 and macrogol/PEG 400 The 200 mg tablets also contain: D&C Yellow # 10 aluminum lake, FD&C Blue # 2/Indigo carmine aluminum lake, macrogol/PEG 4000 and macrogol/PEG 400 Morphine sulfate, USP are white, feathery, silky crystals, cubical masses of crystals, or white crystalline powder, soluble in water, freely soluble in hot water, slightly soluble in alcohol but more so in hot alcohol, insoluble in chloroform and in ether.
The octanol: water partition coefficient of morphine is 1.42 at physiologic pH and the pKb is 7.9 for the tertiary nitrogen (mostly ionized at pH 7.4). Its molecular weight is 758.83 and its structural formula is:
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective February 13, 2026. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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