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  1. Oh, sorry, Didn't see you there.
  2. Um, yeah, it's been really tired lately.
  3. My doctor gave me this medication because I had this
  4. foot surgery the other day, and I was, I've been
  5. a lot of pain.
  6. Just make me really nauseous, Really tired all the time.
  7. My heart's been racing.
  8. It's been really itchy, I don't know, but it's called
  9. morphine. So I tried Thio do some research on to
  10. see, like what it actually is.
  11. So it's this chemical compound that's made up of a
  12. benzene ring and some alcohol groups with the chemical formula
  13. of C 17, 18, 19 and a three.
  14. It's a natural substance, and it's an opioid found within
  15. the natural plant PayPal.
  16. So it's a plant alkaloid, and it is found in
  17. 18 06 by the chemist Suttner.
  18. It's not very soluble in water, and it is also
  19. known as God's drug M s or dreamer On street.
  20. It's a big molecule, and it weighs 285.34 grand from
  21. all the Ph is 8.5.
  22. It's a basic molecule.
  23. If you look at the structure, you could see it
  24. has five stereo centers with five Cairo centers at 569
  25. 13 and 14 carbons.
  26. It's a five bring molecule has a tertiary carbon linked
  27. to tertiary amine group, with two nearby and carbon atoms.
  28. It's able to donate to hydrogen and, except for hydrogen,
  29. is and it's an odorless and solid compound.
  30. Morphine can either be swallowed orally or injected via I
  31. V and enters the blood stream and goes deliver to
  32. be detoxified, in which about 50% will go to the
  33. central nervous system, which is the brain and the spinal
  34. cord, in which in the brain it will bind to
  35. the opioid receptors and will impact the central nervous system.
  36. Then the receptors released this feeling of euphoria, which will
  37. give you this feeling that your pain has decreased, and
  38. it could also impact other systems in your body, such
  39. as the respiratory and digestive systems, which can actually have
  40. adverse effects.
  41. It also has a half life of 120 minutes, so
  42. that's about two hours to take.
  43. For the drug to be reduced in half due to
  44. its lipid soluble ITI, which is poor, it's able to
  45. pass the blood brain barrier in the brain.
  46. That's how it's able to attach to these receptors with
  47. the main goal being pain relief.
  48. There's obviously still some adverse effects.
  49. Like I said, if the doctor prescribed this to me,
  50. I could still experience this constipation, tiredness, respiratory depression, which
  51. could be very serious.
  52. The normal is 12 to 20 breaths per minute, but
  53. if it goes below eight, you could go into respiratory
  54. failure. Which, as you know, if you don't breathe, you
  55. can't do bodily functions.
  56. Etcetera. Also, nausea, confusion.
  57. All these could be very seriously in a quick amount
  58. of time.
  59. It is very dangerous morphine due to its effects, to
  60. be able to be an addictive substance very easily.
  61. A tolerance has been noted to be developed very quickly
  62. with morphine.
  63. So if I were to be on 5 mg of
  64. morphine, I would need 6 mg or 8 mg to
  65. get the same effects as I originally Onley five in
  66. the beginning, because I developed ah tolerance to the drug
  67. and then eventually I will become dependent on it and
  68. then once it's occurs and once I developed this bodily
  69. and psychological need for it, I will become addicted to
  70. the drug, which is very serious conviction is never planned
  71. as it is caused by Sensation and many people who
  72. are addicted to drugs.
  73. It's when they desire and they can't control the feeling.
  74. And these opioids, such as morphine, are prescribed by doctors,
  75. and this is obviously not planned for their patients to
  76. become addicted to opioids.
  77. And there's opioid crisis globally.
  78. And I think many medical professionals are reconsidering prescribing opioids
  79. in controlled substances due to the effects they see with
  80. addiction. Other mentions to note is that that is, It's
  81. big Norman, please your name and its boiling point is
  82. 190 degrees, and its melting point is 255 degrees My
  83. molecules up there.
  84. But I also have it built here.
  85. Here's from a couple of different angles.
  86. It's important to note that the structure can also be
  87. easily changed to make other molecules.
  88. So if you take the O.
  89. H group off right here and convert it to a
  90. meth OCS group right there through methylation, you can convert
  91. morphine to coating, which is another opioid, and it caused
  92. a similar effects on the body.
  93. But this is due to the change in structure as
  94. structure as we all know determines function in conclusion.
  95. Morphine is a very powerful drug and should be prescribed
  96. with caution, as it has many serious effects.
  97. But is an overall a very good prescription for pain
  98. relief? Happy holidays, Dr MacDougal.
  99. Merry Christmas.
  100. And here is my We're excited.
  101. Page. Have a good year.
  102. Merry Christmas.
  103. Happy holidays.