[Palmer]

One of the hospice patients has moved from an ajoining state bringing with her a precription for what she believes is 30 milligram morphine tablets. Unfortunately these tablets seem to cause her to develop a rash - the reason that they were not used in her prior care. Our pharmacist cannot identify the manufacturer. These tablets are slightly domed, 5/16 inch in diameter, scored on one side, with "54" above "262" on the other side. Can anyone identify the manufacture or provide a list of the "inert" ingredients in the tablets?

[robo]

This pill is MORPHINE SULFATE 30 MG
Imprint Code 54 262
Description white, round, scored tablet

You will find an image and prescribing information on the manufacturer's website at roxane.com

Info at http://morphine.drugs.com

[Palmer]

Robo,

Thanks for the help - now that the manufacturer is known I've attempted to obtain more relevant information. Unfortunately the PDR doesn't list other ingredients nor does the information on Roxane's site. I've got an e-mail into the the corporation but as yet no response.

We've decided to allow until the end of the week and if no response to go ahead and dispose of the medication as we had already planned.

Again thanks